US President Donald Trump said that many people will be included in the mass layoffs initiated by his administration due to the partial shutdown of the federal government, and added that the layoffs are designed to affect Democrats, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
"(The cuts) will be oriented towards Democrats", Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, when asked to comment on the broom in government institutions. "There will be quite a few."
Employees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have been given layoff notices, a department spokesman said yesterday.
This comes as President Donald Trump's administration has begun mass layoffs of federal employees during the partial government shutdown, the agency noted.
„Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services in a number of departments have been given layoff notices as a direct result of the Democratic-initiated government shutdown,“ the spokesman said.
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government came after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement in Congress to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, which would unblock funding for federal agencies and agencies.
Trump announced that from November 1 or earlier, Washington will increase the amount of customs duties on China to 100% and introduce export control measures, the agencies reported, referring to a publication by the American leader on the social network "Truth Social".
"Due to the fact that China has taken an unprecedented position, the United States will increase to 100% any duty paid by China," the Republican said in his statement.
According to him, the measure is being imposed after the "extremely aggressive" restrictions imposed by Beijing on rare earth metals.