Agencies tagged for elimination or reduction revealed
Jerry McConway / October 13, 2025
**When Democrats shut down the government by refusing to sign
the continuing resolution (CR), Trump made it clear that if the
shutdown had any length to it, he was going to start trimming down
the government.
Democrats balked, believing that Trump was bluffing, and they
have held the line.
Now the agencies Trump wants to cut have been revealed, and
Democrats are starting to realize that the clock is ticking if they
want to save these jobs.
*Political Pawns
The media, of course, has been accusing Trump of using federal
workers as political pawns, but they are directing their allegations
in the wrong direction.
Trump has never hidden the fact that he wants to cut government
payroll, and this, he believes, will give him the power to make
massive cuts that do not need to be approved by Congress.
Federal workers are now panicking, knowing the ax is coming if
Democrats do not cave.
For instance, Priscilla Novak, a furloughed federal employee
researcher, stated, “This is the third time I’ve been furloughed in
my federal career. But this is the first time there were threats of
having people be fired en masse. I’ve been checking my email every
day to see if I’m fired yet.
*Trump Will Take the Heat
In case people have not yet realized it, Donald Trump has no
problem being the bad guy in these scenarios.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich explained, “What’s
fascinating, if you watch, Trump has now begun to systematically
lay off people permanently. I think what Trump is gambling is that
he can actually change the federal government dramatically during
the shutdown.
“He’s willing to take the heat because, frankly, when he’s
busy going to the Middle East to be part of a peace treaty signing,
that is astonishing, he’s got other big things he’s doing, so he’s
not particularly bothered.”
Trump is also willing to take the heat because the GOP believes
it can point the blame at Democrats for this happening. After all,
all they have to do is sign the CR, and everyone goes back to work.
*The Hit List
A report has just surfaced in Axios that has revealed all the
agencies that Trump is targeting to either eliminate or signifi-
cantly scale down as this shutdown continues.
A spokesperson told Axios, "HHS employees across multiple
divisions have received reduction-in-force notices as a direct
consequence of the Democrat-led government shutdown.”
The Department of Homeland Security is expecting to cut 176
jobs, the Treasury is expected to cut nearly 1,500 employees, and
the Department of Education is expected to cut nearly 500 jobs.
The EPA, HUD, and the Department of Energy are also expected to
make cuts.
I would suspect that most of these cuts will be challenged by
Democrats, but my guess is that Trump is hoping this announcement
will make the cuts unnecessary. Remember, Dems can stop all this
just by signing the CR, so this just became a staring contest.**
The cuts are the fat that Democrats put in DC. They have
been doing this for decades. They pack it with fat and feed unions
and then the Republicans take it back to reality. Many of those
agencies are creations of the Left. They are useless and they give
away billions to meaningless pet projects.
What happened to the billion Pelosi gave to the Arts in 2 of
the inflated bills she forced on Trump so he could get funding for
the pandemic and they still stole millions of it.
Do the math and pray for God to protect us.
Conservatively,
John
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