US President Donald Trump has threatened to slash more US agencies on the back of the federal shutdown that began this week, ahead of a meeting on Thursday with Russ Vought, his budget director who has long championed shrinking the government.
Trump made the comments on his Truth Social platform after his administration vowed to fire thousands of federal workers and close government infrastructure and clean energy programmes in Democrat-controlled states as it uses the shutdown to cut spending.
“I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent,” Trump wrote. “I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.”