Major VA job cuts planned under Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut approximately 72,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its current workforce, VA Secretary Doug Collins confirmed Wednesday. Collins said in a video statement that, as the VA conducts its "department-wide review of its organization, operations and structure" -- in accordance with President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) workforce optimization Initiative -- it is taking "a pragmatic and disciplined approach to eliminating waste and bureaucracy.
35% : " The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest VA employee union, issued a statement slamming the layoffs and saying the VA will no longer be able to fulfill the will of Congress if it returns to 2019 level of staffing.
29% : The department has already undergone waves of workforce cuts under Trump, including 1,400 employees axed last Monday and 1,000 cut earlier in February.

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