Trump Weighs Cutting Agencies as Government Shutdown Enters Day 2

Trump Weighs Cutting Agencies as Government Shutdown Enters Day 2

President Donald Trump in Quantico, Va., on Sept. 30, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Oct. 2 touted the ongoing government shutdown as an opportunity to target various federal agencies, saying he will meet with the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the next steps.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he will soon meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to determine which agencies “he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent,” noting that Democrats had given him “this unprecedented opportunity” by not voting in favor of a stopgap measure to fund the government.
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