Trump Vows to Cut Democrat Programs During Shutdown
October 9, 2025
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as posted by the channelCongressional leaders continued to blame the other party for the US government shutdown as President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to use the stalemate, now in its ninth day, to make sweeping cuts to Democratic priorities and the federal bureaucracy.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to fire federal workers, withhold back pay for some government employees and cut funding for programs favored by Democrats, but so far none have materialized. Some Republicans have questioned that strategy, saying it distracts from their messaging to blame Democrats for the shutdown effects.
Trump claimed he was speaking with Democrats about the shutdown, but didn’t provide any names and added he was unclear who was leading the party at this point.
He also reiterated his threat that cutbacks could be in the offing.
“We’ll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren’t popular with Republicans, frankly, because that’s the way it works. They wanted to do this, so we’ll give little taste of their own medicine,” he said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday.
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