‘Are these people real?’ | Trump memo orders 'crippling' Federal workforce cuts

Federal agencies have been instructed to draft plans for further significant job reductions as part of a broad restructuring effort by the Trump administration.

A memo issued Wednesday outlined a plan to cut government jobs, eliminate positions permanently, and relocate offices to reduce costs.

The directive accelerates Trump’s push to shrink the federal workforce, which he has repeatedly criticized as inefficient and overstaffed. Thousands of probationary employees have already been dismissed, and now career civil servants with job protections face potential layoffs.

“We’re cutting down the size of government. We have to,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. “We’re bloated. We’re sloppy. We have a lot of people that aren’t doing their job.”