Trump eyes firing thousands of federal workers over shutdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused Democrats of negotiating in bad faith over government funding.
60% : "The Democrats want to negotiate like terrorists," Bessent told CNBC on Thursday, adding that Republicans are seeking a "clean" extension of government funding.
54% : House Speaker Mike Johnson met with Trump at the White House on Thursday.
54% : It's really up to Chuck Schumer," Donalds said in an interview on Fox Business on Thursday, referring to the Senate Democratic leader. Democrats are pushing for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at the end of the year.
46% : Leavitt's comments came after Trump on social media earlier on Thursday said that he planned to meet with Vought to "determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political Scam, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent". Republicans have sought to use the threat of permanent cuts to the federal bureaucracy to encourage Democrats to vote to reopen the government, and the White House has said that firings could happen imminently.
23% : The Washington Post poll found that more voters blame Trump and Republicans for the government shutdown than they do Democrats, by a 17-point margin.

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