Trump says he could cut 'favorite projects' of Democrats because of shutdown

Trump says he could cut ‘favorite projects’ of Democrats because of shutdown Politics Oct 2, 2025 3:15 PM EDT

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he could permanently cut “favorite projects” of Democrats because of the government shutdown.

The president said in an interview taped Wednesday with One America News that “ there could be firings and that’s their fault,” but said there could be other impacts from the shutdown.

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“We could cut projects that they wanted, favorite projects, and they’d be permanently cut,” Trump said in a clip from the interview, which was released ahead of the full interview set to air Thursday night.

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