President Donald Trump's administration has directed agencies to use the opportunity of an upcoming government shutdown to push through massive layoffs, Breitbart's John Nolte reported. An Office of Management and Budget memo has directed such action if Congress fails to reach a budget deal by September 30.
"The White House has already instructed federal agencies to plan for mass firings if Democrats shut down the government. So, let’s all do our part to encourage Democrats to shut down the government," Nolte quipped. If this goes through, it would send shockwaves through Washington, D.C. and Democrats could bet blamed.
Democrats have refused to pass a budget without inserting their own agenda items, including healthcare for illegal immigrants and other leftist pet causes. The official memo directs that "Federal programs whose funding would lapse and which are otherwise unfunded" in a government shutdown should "use this opportunity to consider Reduction in Force (RIF) notices for all employees in programs, projects, or activities" if they lack funding sources or "is not consistent with the President’s priorities."
As Nolte points out, in times past, these employees would be "furloughed during government shutdowns and then brought back after a deal is reached—which made all Normal People wonder why we need unnecessary bureaucrats at all? "This time, Trump's administration intends to answer that question by encouraging agencies ot cut staff.
Nolte believes Trump has crafted a winning strategy to trip up his political opponents. "This is powerful leverage for Trump because Democrats love bureaucrats because bureaucrats 1) vote Democrat and 2) make up the Deep State that constantly foils the will of Normal People when a Republican is in office," the author pointed out.
"So why won’t Democrats vote to fund the government? After all, it’s a simple process. The Republicans offered an easy-peasy clean continuing resolution, which essentially says the government will carry on spending like it has for the next seven weeks," Nolte continued.
That did not satisfy Democrats' pathological need to spend more. "According to Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) counter-offered with a demand for $1.4 trillion in new spending that, among other things, reinstates free health care for illegal aliens and funding for far-left NPR and PBS, and also pays to mutilate little kids to appease the left’s demonic trans godz," Nolte said.
Trump is fed up with the demands and flat-out refused further meetings with the Democratic Party's leadership. "After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive," Trump said of his decision.
The president named some of these offensive additions, including "…free healthcare for Illegal Aliens (A monumental cost!), force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors, have dead people on the Medicaid roles, allow Illegal Alien Criminals to steal Billions of Dollars in American Taxpayer Benefits, try to force our Country to again open our Borders to Criminals and to the World, allow men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody," Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social. Now, it's up to Democrats to walk back those demands.
By recommending government layoffs in the event of a shutdown, Trump has maneuvered Democrats into a checkmate situation. "Trump can’t lose here," Nolte asserts about the president's plan. It appears he has his political adversaries right where he wants them.
"Democrats will be blamed for the shutdown. Bureaucrats will be fired (tee hee)," Nolte pointed out.
"On the other hand, if Democrats cave and vote for the continuing resolution, their base will be furious. Additionally, these insane demands from Democrats have already been made public, which will haunt them going into the midterms," Nolte added.
"Hopefully, Democrats will cave on the shutdown and Trump will fire all these people anyway. That would be awesome. Hey, if you’re not necessary, you’re not necessary. In the real world, once you become unnecessary, you lose your job. It has certainly happened to me, and I see no reason why federal bureaucrats paid for with our tax dollars should be immune," Nolte concluded.
Democrats like to try to scare the public with threats of a government shutdown, and they believe they can score political points by pinning the blame on Republicans when they do. However, people have grown tired of these hysterical predictions and would likely welcome some government downsizing, which leaves Democrats in quite a tough spot.
