(NewsNation) — The Trump administration is warning of mass furloughs and firings during a government shutdown that began this morning.

President Donald Trump has threatened that the consequences of this could be irreversible as his administration tries to force Democrats to agree to a Republican-written bill that would end the shutdown.

Trump suggested trimming the budget to "a level that you couldn't do any other way" and said "a lot of good could come from shutdowns."

"We're going to have to deal with it, we're going to have to make sure that as much of the people's government remains open or functional as possible, that's what we're going to do," said Vice President JD Vance. "But there's going to be some pain, and there's necessarily going to be some pain, because Democrats refuse t

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