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Trump Has Harsh Response to Federal Workers Losing Jobs
Story by Erkki Forster. March 12, 2025
President Donald Trump made it clear that he has little remorse about workers losing their jobs in his chaotic government overhaul.
A reporter asked the president what responsibility he felt for the civil servants who had lost their jobs during Wednesdayās Oval Office meeting with Irish Prime Minister MicheĆ”l Martin.
āI feel very badly, but many of them donāt work at all,ā Trump replied just one day after cutting nearly half of the Education Departmentās staff,
āMany of them never showed up to work. Many of them, many of them never showed up to work,ā he repeated.
The president insisted that the job cuts are targeted at āthe people that arenāt working or are not doing a good job,ā a message echoed by the departmentās Secretary, Linda McMahon.
āWhat we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat,ā she said after announcing the staff cuts.
Trump and his billionaire buddy Elon Muskās Department of Government Efficiency have have fired tens of thousands of federal employees in their crusade to reduce the size of the government and weed out āwaste.ā
The worldās richest man has repeatedly suggested that federal workers are not working hard enough, even though The Washington Post found that federal workers usually work an average of 43 hours a week, the most of any class of worker.
But by Muskās standards, the president hasnāt exactly been showing up to work either. He has played golf on 13 of his first 48 days back in office, flying down to South Florida to golf for five days straight at the height of DOGEās firing spree in February.
The cost of transporting the president and his extensive security for these trips adds up, with each Florida golf excursion exceeding $3 million, according to a 2019 Government Accountability Office report.
Taxpayers have already paid $18.2 million for him to hit the links during his second term, and Trump is well on his way to surpass the $151.5 million spent on such trips during his first term.
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| White House |
| 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 1-202-456-1111 (comments) 1-202-456-1414 (switchboard) |
| Mar-a-Lago |
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The Mar-a-Lago Club 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Florida 33480 +1 (561) 832-2600 |
| Florida, West Palm Beach |
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Trump International Golf Club 3505 Summit Blvd West Palm Beach FL 33406 +1 (561) 682-0700 |
| California, Los Angeles |
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Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles One Trump National Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 +1 (310) 265-5000 |
| Florida, Miami |
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Trump National Doral Golf Club 4400 N.W. 87th Ave Miami, FL 33178 +1305.592.2000 |
| Florida, Jupiter |
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Trump National Jupiter Golf Club 115 Eagle Tree Terrace Jupiter FL 33477 +1 (561) 691-8700 |
| New Jersey, Bedminster |
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Trump National Golf Club Bedminster 900 Lamington Road Bedminster, NJ 07921 +1 (908) 470-4400 |
| New Jersey, Colts Neck |
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Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck One Trump National Blvd Colts Neck, NJ 07722 +1 (561) 973-1550 |
| New Jersey, Pine Hill |
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Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia 500 West Branch Ave. Pine Hill, NJ 08021 +1 (856) 435-3100 |
| New York, Hopewell Junction |
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Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley 178 Stormville Rd Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 +1 (845) 223-1600 |
| New York, Briarcliff Manor |
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Trump National Golf Club Westchester 100 Shadow Tree Lane Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 +1 (914) 944-0900 |
| North Carolina, Mooresville |
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Trump National Golf Club Charlotte 120 Trump Square Mooresville, NC 28117 +1 (704) 799-7300 |
| Virginia, Potomac Falls |
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Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. 20391 Lowes Island Blvd Potomac Falls, VA 20165 +1 (703) 444-4801 |
| Dubai |
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Trump International Golf Club Dubai DAMAC Hills Al Hebiah Third District Dubai +971 (0) 4 245 3939 |
| Ireland, Clare |
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Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland, Doonbeg DOONBEG CO. CLARE, IRELAND Phone: +353 65 905 5600 |
| Scotland, Aberdeenshire |
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Trump MacLeod House & Lodge Scotland Menie Estate Balmedie Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB23 8YE PHONE: +44 1358 743300 RESERVE: +44 1358 743300 |
| Scotland, Ayrshire |
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Trump Turnberry Maidens Road KA26 9LT Turnberry Ayrshire Scotland +44.1655.331.000 +44 01655 334115 |
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