Trump's Shutdown Layoffs: Federal Workforce Goes on Permanent Coffee Break
On Friday, October 10, 2025, the Trump administration embraced the classic government shutdown shuffle by planning to kick thousands of federal workers to the curbâagain. Since the grand re-entrance of Team Trump, the federal workforce is already down by 200,000 souls, many of whom daydreamed about health care, education, and environmental policy jobs before disappearing into a layoffs vortex. The American Federation of Government Employees called the firings 'illegal' and unprecedented in their 93-year-long torture festival. HHS mysteriously wouldnât say whoâs getting the axe, but we know scientists abandoned ship earlier thanks to RFKâs vaccine views. DHS confirmed cyber layoffs, FEMA stayed silent like a mole, Treasury slashed 1,300 jobs, Education got hammered again after losing half its crew in March, EPA cried 'political leverage,' and HUD meekly admitted to matching the administration's priorities by individual torching. The Energy Department didnât spill details but why not add nuclear research heartbreak to the mix? In short: government services that help almost 40% of Americans are one pink slip away from becoming urban legends.
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Layoffs during a government shutdown, in true Trump fashion: fewer public servants and more political theater. Because who needs health care, education, or disaster relief when you can have headlines about mass terminations instead?
Nothing screams efficiency like firing thousands of critical workers while the government closes shop. Itâs like emptying the lifeboats mid-titanic doom cruise.
Federal workers getting pink slips during a shutdown is the bureaucratic version of 'donât just stand there, get fired.' All aboard the rollercoaster of administrative chaos.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/10/2025 | Author: Josephine Walker
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