Trump Says Radical Left’s Shutdown Misstep Opens “Unprecedented Opportunity” For Mass Firings Of Fed Workers

Update (1320ET):

As we mentioned earlier, Democrats voted for a full-blown government shutdown, which has inadvertently given the Trump administration the greatest gift ever: the ability to revive DOGE-style efforts to cut waste and fraud.

“I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame,  to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier. 

He continued, “They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT.” 

It’s only a matter of time before Democrats start viewing their miscalculated move as “regrettable”… 

How many government workers are on the chopping block? 

BREAKING: Trump says Democrats have given him an “unprecedented opportunity” to fire potentially millions of government employees.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) October 2, 2025

Just wait until the administration’s new joint task force begins enforcement against the dark money that rules the corrupt NGO space. 

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Democrats voted for a government shutdown, and that’s precisely what they got.

They find themselves in an optics nightmare – as party leaders were surely aghast watching CNN‘s Jake Tapper call out House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) over the hill they’ve chosen to die on – restoring provisions that were eliminated in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ that provides free healthcare to illegal immigrants.

Tapper: Here is the provision that shows you want to give illegals healthcare. I understand it’s not an accurate depiction.

Jeffries: It’s a lie.

Tapper: It’s a lie… but it does bring back funding for healthcare for illegals. pic.twitter.com/jyQS3RMj7e

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 1, 2025

What’s more, Democrats handed President Trump a gift – not only do they look stupid for trying to add $1.5 trillion to the national debt, they’ve opened the door for President Trump to deliver on one of his core campaign promises; cutting waste and fraud, a crusade that began with Elon Musk and DOGE in his first term but has since lost momentum – well, until now. 

On Tuesday, the president warned that he could “get rid of a lot of things” that would heavily impact the Democratic Party, adding, “We can eliminate many things we didn’t want … and they’d be Democrat things.” 

President Trump on “A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want.” pic.twitter.com/8VoDQ2cdq8

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 30, 2025

By Wednesday morning, left-wing New York Governor Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats were furious about Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s announcement that the Trump administration withheld $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects due to “unconstitutional DEI principles“. This shows how the administration has a lot more power during the shutdown to slash and burn spending that funds the Democratic Party machine.

Late last night, Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Republicans must use this opportunity of Democrat forced closure to clear out dead wood, waste, and fraud. Billions of Dollars can be saved.” 

Vought has fired up the chainsaw … again.

Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled. More info to come from @ENERGY.

The projects are in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA

— Russ Vought (@russvought) October 1, 2025

Panic mode sets in for Democrats in the far-left state of Maryland. 

🚨 JUST IN: Nationwide, Democrats are in full-blown panic mode upon hearing that Russ Vought is being unleashed to fire federal workers during the Schumer Shutdown.

“It is deeply offensive that the president is threatening to FIRE workers!”pic.twitter.com/D0CRlrfdpA

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 1, 2025

Trump did warn Democrats ahead of the shutdown that his administration was ready to slash jobs and programs …. 

White House memo says Democrats’ plan could spend $200B on healthcare for illegal immigrants https://t.co/vteQhPPbkF

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025

Democrats appear to have made a miscalculated move in forcing a shutdown, one that now inadvertently gives the Trump administration the runway to cut even more waste and fraud from a bloated federal bureaucracy. A January Ipsos poll found that a majority of Americans support downsizing the federal government. With the national debt soaring to $37.5 trillion, savings must be found wherever possible. Those savings now appear to be coming from defunding the Democratic Party’s globalist machine, which has squandered not only the inheritance of previous generations but also the future of young Americans through its nation-killing woke policies.