President Donald Trump said at a meeting on Tuesday that his administration will soon release a list of what he called “Democrat programs” and signaled the cuts would be permanent as a two-week-long government shutdown grinds on.
During a White House lunch event with Argentine President Javier Milei, Trump said his administration will not be closing Republican programs “because we think they work.” His comments come after shutdown-related layoffs were initiated late last week by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought.
“We are closing up Democrat programs that we think that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again,” the president said. He did not elaborate on which programs are being cut and which will stay open….