Inside the Trump Purge: Federal Workers Tell Their Stories
Update: 2025-02-19
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On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump and his allies left little doubt that, if they returned to power, federal workers would face layoffs, buyouts and agency closures.
Now that President Trump’s plan has become a reality, dozens of federal workers explain what it’s been like to live through it.
Background reading:
- Here’s where Mr. Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE have cut federal workers so far.
- Stunned government workers are facing sleeplessness, anger and tears.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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2 MILLION. Maybe you other two commenters can't math.
When Biden closed down the pipeline did you run what it was like for the 14,000 works and air their stories?
This happens in private industry regularly. entire industries were wiped out by NAFTA and Chinese entry into WTO. NYTs didn't cover any of it in this detail. Zero sympathy