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Trump says federal staff will be laid off if government shutdown talks go nowhere
By ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER
5 October 2025
President Donald Trump is prepared to begin massive layoffs of federal workers if he deems that negotiations with Congressional Democrats to end the partial government shutdown are 'absolutely going nowhere.'
As the shutdown entered its fifth day on Sunday, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN: 'President Trump and Russ Vought are lining things up and getting ready to act if they have to, but hoping that they don't.'
'If the president decides that the negotiations are absolutely going nowhere, then there will start to be layoffs. But I think that everybody is still hopeful that when we get a fresh start at the beginning of the week, that we can get the Democrats to see that it's just common sense to avoid layoffs like that.'
If Democrats back down as Hassett and the president hope, it would avoid an expensive shutdown and the federal layoffs that have been threatened by White House budget director Russell Vought.
Trump described the potential job cuts as 'Democrat layoffs,' saying: 'Anybody laid off that's because of the Democrats.'
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From Daily Mail
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...f-layoffs.html
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