Washington – Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump I took over The government closing As an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish critics, through threat Group shooting of workers And the proposal of “irreversible” discounts for the important programs for Democrats.
Instead of just the leave of employees, as it usually happens during any expiry of the money, the White House press secretary Caroline Levit said that the demobilization of workers is “imminent”. The Administration and Budget Office announced that it was Application for approximately 18 billion dollars From New York’s infrastructure boxes subway and Hudson tunnel Projects – in the birthplace of Democrats in the House of Representatives and American Sheikhs.
Trump was surprised by the manual work of the budget director.
“He can trim the budget to a level that you cannot do OMB Ross Veth Director, Which was also the chief architect Project 2025 Conservative politics book.
“So they are at risk of closing,” Trump said during an event at the White House.
Thursday is the second day of the closure, and the demand has already turned. The aggressive approach coming from the Trump administration is what some legislators and budget monitors fear if Congress, who is responsible for passing legislation to finance government, fails to do its work and give up the White House.
Vought told them, in a special phone call with legislators in the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon, about the demobilization of workers starting from the next day or day. It is an extension of Ministry of Governmental efficiency Work during the era of Elon Musk, which decreased through the federal government at the beginning of the year.
“These are all things that the Trump administration has been doing since January 20,” said House Democratic leader Hakim JeffrezReferring to the first day of the president in his position. “Cruelty is the point.”
With no end to an easy end at hand, the confrontation is deeply risked in October, when the federal workers who remain in the job begin to lose salaries. the Non -party Congress budget office It is estimated that approximately 750,000 federal workers will be made on any specific day during the closure, at a loss of $ 400 million per day in wages.
Economic effects can leak to the wider economy. Previous closure witnessed “a decrease in the total demand in the private sector of goods and services, and the payment of GDP,” said the Central Bank of Oman.
She said, “Federal spending on goods and services led to the loss of private sector income, which reduced the demand for goods and other services in the economy.” In general, the Central Bank of Oman said that there was “reducing the economic product”, but that was reversed once people returned to work.
“The more this continues, the more pain,” he said. Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson, R does not.“Because it is inevitable when the government is closed.”
Trump and Congress leaders are not expected to meet again. Congress has no action on Thursday to celebrate the Jewish Holy Day, with the return of Senators on Friday. The house was appointed to resume the session next week.
Democrats are struggling to their demands Maintaining healthcare financingHe refused to support a draft law that fails to do so, warning from Prices for millions of Americans At the level of the country. The Kaiser Family Foundation is more than twice as much as people who buy policies in affordable care law exchanges.
Republicans have opened the door to negotiating the issue of health care, but the leaders of the Republican Party say it can wait, because the benefits that help people buy private insurance are not ended until the end of the year.
“We are ready to have a conversation about making sure that the Americans are continuing to obtain health care.” Vice President JD Vance He said Wednesday at the White House.
With the presence of Congress as a stop, it benefited from the Trump administration from the new wheels to determine how the federal government is formed.
The Trump administration can take advantage of the money to pay workers in the Ministry of Defense and Internal Security from the so -called A beautiful beautiful bill “ This was signed to become a law this summer, according to the Central Bank of Oman.
This would guarantee the enforcement of immigration and the mass deportation of Trump without interruption. But the employees who remain in the job in many other agencies will have to wait for the reopening of the government before they get a salary.
He has already challenged, from the budget office, the Congress Authority this year by trying this The claw return and the cancellation of the money Legitimacy has already agreed – for Head Start, clean energy infrastructure projects, external assistance, public radio and television.
The Government Accountability Office issued a series of rare notifications on examples as the actions of the administration violated the law. However, the Supreme Court in a decision late last week allowed the so -called “pocket cancellation” called about $ 5 billion of foreign aid to stand.
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The authors of the Associated Press Stephen Groes, Joy Capliti, Matt Brown, Keeng Frung and Marie Claire Galoniki contributed to this report.