The federal government might be shut down, but President Donald Trump’s plan to trim back the federal bureaucracy is moving at full speed ahead.
On Tuesday night, Senate Democrats rejected a GOP-supported bill that would have kept the federal government running through Nov. 21. As the prospect of a shutdown loomed earlier Tuesday, Trump said shuttering the government is an opportunity to shed jobs.
“Well, we may do a lot, and that’s only because of the Democrats,” Trump said in a video posted to X after he was asked how many government worked he would lay off.
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Trump said Democrats are more interested in non-Americans than American citizens.
“As you know, they want to be able to take care of people that are coming to
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