Hours after the official shutdown of the US government, President Trump threatened mass layoffs of federal workers.

According to NBC News, many federal employees are expected to be furloughed during the government shutdown. Other employees will report to work without pay. President Trump has now threatened to impose layoffs on federal workers due to the closure.

However, despite the threats, Vice President Vance stated the Trump administration doesn’t “want to lay anybody off” during the shutdown.

“We don’t want to lay anybody off, but what we do want to do is make sure that as many of the essential services of government remain functional as possible,” Vance explained. “We were sort of dealt this hand by that faction of Senate Democrats who shut down the government. We’re going to have

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