Larry Kudlow says shutdown is ‘great opportunity’ for Trump to fire 500,000 workers

‘A Lot Of Those Jobs Will Never Come Back’: Trump Extends Deadline For Firing Federal Workers

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | October 07, 2025 President Donald Trump has extended the decision on when to fire federal workers as a result of the Democrat government shutdown. Trump on Tuesday told reporters he will know which permanent jobs are being eliminated “in four or five days,” if the shutdown continues.“It’ll be substantial,” he said, “and a lot of those jobs will never come back.”On Oct. 1, presidential press secr…

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow urges Trump to seize on the shutdown to fire up to 500,000 more federal workers

Larry Kudlow says shutdown is ‘great opportunity’ for Trump to fire 500,000 workers

‘They're not essential, and the public would understand that’

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow urges Trump to seize on the shutdown t...

LARRY KUDLOW (FOX BUSINESS HOST): Just think of it this way. You have something like 750-800,000 jobs that are called "nonessential." All right? I've been through this a bunch of times. If they're nonessential, they're nonessential. OK? Cut them. End them. OK. You might want to give them some buyout stuff and some severance pay, [...] The post Fox Business host Larry Kudlow urges Trump to seize on the shutdown t… appeared first on Areyoupop.