(The Hill) -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday that federal government layoffs during the shutdown will likely be in the thousands, ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Office and Management Budget Director Russell Vought.

“It’s likely going to be in the thousands. It’s a very good question, and that’s something that the Office of Management and Budget and the entire team at the White House here again, is unfortunately having to work on today,” Leavitt told reporters.

“These discussions and these conversations, these meetings, would not be happening if the Democrats had voted to keep the government open,” she added.

Trump on Thursday called the meeting with Vought an “unprecedented opportunity” to consider recommendations for cuts and firings acros

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