The president spoke at a White House press briefing to commemorate the first anniversary of his second term.
Scott Kupor, the director of the US Office of Personnel Management, mentioned last September that by the end of 2025, there would be approximately 300,000 fewer federal employees on the payroll across the nation.
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The federal government employs about 2.5 million individuals, including members of the military. Trump remarked that the terminated employees are “finding much better jobs and much higher pay”.
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term a year ago, the Department of Government Efficiency, which was led by his former advisor Elon Musk, has initiated purges within federal agencies aimed at eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse.
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