{"id":272457,"date":"2025-10-02T17:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/272457\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:52:25","slug":"trump-targets-democrat-agencies-for-cuts-after-funding-bill-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/272457\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump targets Democrat agencies for cuts after funding bill fails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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President Donald Trump<\/a> on Thursday said he\u2019s working to determine which “Democrat” agencies will face cuts after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a government funding package.<\/p>\n

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he was meeting with Russell Vought, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, later Thursday to discuss which agencies “are a political SCAM.” The president said he wanted Vought to recommend which agencies should face cuts and whether those cuts should be temporary or permanent.<\/p>\n

“I can\u2019t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity,” read Trump\u2019s post. “They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”<\/p>\n

The federal government entered a partial shutdown<\/a> Wednesday after the midnight funding deadline passed, with Democrats and Republicans failing to agree on a funding bill.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRATS AT A BIG DISADVANTAGE IN SHUTDOWN AS TRUMP STARTS SLASHING THEIR PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump points to a reporter in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n

Trump has warned the administration<\/a> could make “irreversible” changes to the federal workforce, most notably through a new wave of fresh layoffs. He has underscored that he and his allies did not want the government to shut down, but that it opened the door for some “good” that could come from it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday accused Democrats of forcing the shutdown over providing illegal immigrants with taxpayer-funded emergency healthcare and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., fearing<\/a> a primary challenge from progressive “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n

\"Russell <\/p>\n

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, speaks alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Vice President JD Vance as they address members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n

VANCE BRINGS RECEIPTS TO TARGET DEMS ON HEALTHCARE BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“But the reality here, and let\u2019s be honest about the politics, is that\u00a0Chuck Schumer<\/a>\u00a0is terrified he\u2019s going to get a primary challenge from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” Vance said. “The reason why the American people\u2019s government is shut down is because Chuck Schumer is listening to the far-left radicals in his own party because he\u2019s terrified of a primary challenge.”<\/p>\n

\"JD <\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance, left, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, right, while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also alleged Democrats engineered the shutdown to force taxpayers to fund healthcare for undocumented immigrants given a $37 trillion debt.<\/p>\n

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“To put this all into perspective, the Democrats refused to keep the government open over healthcare to illegal aliens and now have jeopardized critical health care programs for American citizens,” she said. “Instead, the women, infants and children program, community health center funding, Medicare treatment options and other health programs are now all at risk because of the Democrats rejecting the clean C.R. [continuing resolution].”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Emma Colton contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday said he\u2019s working to determine…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":272458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,9124,69,49089,255,80,67,132,68,5223],"class_list":{"0":"post-272457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-democratic-party","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-government-shutdown","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-white-house"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115305850279501492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}