The White House expects to lay off 10,000 employees due to the government shutdown

Advertise The White House said it would likely lay off at least 10,000 federal employees over the Government closure in light of the escalation by the Republican President Donald Trump Pressure on Democrats.

The government shutdown has entered its third week with Congress struggling to resolve a spending dispute and Trump making good on his threats to crack down on the workforce in response.

Layoffs expected

White House Office of Management and Budget head Ross Vaught said in an interview with The Charlie Kirk Show in response. To a question about the number of expected layoffs: "I think we’ll eventually reach over 10,000"

He added: "We want to be very aggressive in eliminating bureaucracy wherever we can"

Judicial documents submitted by the Ministry of Justice showed that more than 4,000 employees were fired on Friday, and the Departments of Treasury, Health, Education and Housing were the most affected.

Foit explained that this is just "Overview"And there will be more.

Paying soldiers’ salaries

Trump warned that the Democrats’ continued refusal to support a resolution passed by the House of Representatives to finance the government until late November would lead to mass layoffs affecting employees considered loyal to the opposition party.

The US President pledged to find a way to pay the salaries of soldiers who would be deprived of their salaries. Their salaries for the first time, while the crisis led to the formation of long lines of military men and women in front of food banks.

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