JUST IN: Trump Administration Threatens MASS LAYOFFS If Government Shuts Down

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This could be very big…

Ahead of a possible government shutdown on October 1st, the White House Office of Management and Budget has instructed federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs.

Thousands of federal employees — specifically in agencies that lack funding and don’t align with President Trump’s goals — could permanently lose their jobs if the shutdown happens.

Here are the details:

BREAKING: TRUMP ADMIN THREATENS MASS FEDERAL LAYOFFS IN SHUTDOWN

OMB Director Russ Vought ordered agencies to prepare Reduction in Force (RIF) notices for “thousands” of federal employees if government shuts down October 1.

The memo directs layoffs for any programs that: lack funding, aren’t covered by H.R. 1 appropriations, and don’t align with “President’s priorities.”

Vought blames Democrats for “insane demands including $1 trillion in new spending” while supporting House-passed clean CR through November 21.

This marks a major shift from previous shutdowns where employees were furloughed, not fired.

RIF notices would be permanent terminations, not temporary furloughs.

Agencies must submit RIF plans to OMB for approval immediately.

Some key agencies that will not be affected by the possible layoffs include Social Security, Medicare, and ICE, among others.

DEVELOPING 🚨
The White House has instructed agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of a possible shutdown.

Key facts from the OMB memo:
— Agencies told to identify programs losing funding Oct 1.

— Must draft Reduction-in-Force (RIF) plans, beyond furloughs.

— Jobs eliminated in programs not aligned with admin priorities.

— Agencies ordered to issue notices even to staff who’d normally be exempt.

The only areas guaranteed to continue:
Social Security
Medicare
Veterans benefits
Military ops
Law enforcement
ICE / CBP
Air traffic control

👉 This straight up puts permanent job loss on the table as shutdown leverage.

👉 And it comes the same week federal workers who took deferred resignations earlier this year officially exit government payroll.

This escalates the standoff with Congress… just days before the Sept. 30 deadline.

Watching. 😬🍿👀

Usually, federal employees are put on furlough until the government shutdown ends.

This time, the stakes are drastically raised, as many would permanently lose their jobs.

Politico reported:

The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue.

The Office of Management and Budget move to permanently reduce the government workforce if there is a shutdown, outlined in a memo shared with POLITICO ahead of release to agencies tonight, escalates the stakes of a potential shutdown next week.

In the memo, OMB told agencies to identify programs, projects and activities where discretionary funding will lapse on Oct. 1 and no alternative funding source is available. For those areas, OMB directed agencies to begin drafting RIF plans that would go beyond standard furloughs, permanently eliminating jobs in programs not consistent with President Donald Trump’s priorities in the event of a shutdown.

The move marks a significant break from how shutdowns have been handled in recent decades, when most furloughs were temporary and employees were brought back once Congress voted to reopen government and funding was restored. This time, OMB Director Russ Vought is using the threat of permanent job cuts as leverage, upping the ante in the standoff with Democrats in Congress over government spending.

“Programs that did not benefit from an infusion of mandatory appropriations will bear the brunt of a shutdown,” OMB wrote in the memo. Agencies were told to submit their proposed RIF plans to OMB and to issue notices to employees even if they would otherwise be excepted or furloughed during a lapse in funding.

Programs that will continue regardless of a shutdown include Social Security, Medicare, veterans benefits, military operations, law enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and air traffic control, according to an OMB official granted anonymity to share information not yet public.

This comes as Senate Democrats are refusing to pass a House-approved stopgap spending measure that would avert a government shutdown until November.

Instead, Democrats are making wild demands for a bipartisan package.

CBS News has more details:

The current fiscal year ends on Tuesday, Sept. 30, meaning the government will enter a shutdown Wednesday if Congress doesn’t pass a new funding package.

A Republican short-term funding bill that passed the House has failed to reach the 60 votes needed to advance in the Senate. With a 53-seat Senate majority, Republicans need to earn the support of at least seven Democrats to resolve the funding dispute. Meanwhile, Democrats are asking for several concessions, including a rollback of this year’s Medicaid cuts and an extension to health insurance tax credits, in exchange for their votes.

On Tuesday, President Trump canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders to negotiate on a short-term funding patch, saying that their demands were “unserious and ridiculous.”

“I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive,” he wrote on Truth Social.

Now, Democrats are put in a tough spot.

Either back down on their insane demands and get onboard with the Republican deal to stop the shutdown from happening…

Or, let President Trump carry out a mass purge of federal agencies — which he’s been dying to do, anyways!

Really, it’s a win-win situation.



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