Trump admin federal job cuts likely to be 'north of 10,000,' Vought says

The Trump administration could slash more than 10,000 federal jobs during the government shutdown , White House budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday.

"We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy, not just the funding," said Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget.

"We now have an opportunity to do that, and that's where we're going to be looking for our opportunities," he said during an appearance on "The Charlie Kirk Show," which was broadcasting from the White House.

The comments came shortly before a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown.

Vought listed a number of government entities that could be targeted for cuts, including so-called Green New