Trump Questions Back Pay for Some Furloughed Workers

Published OCT 8

Trump Questions Back Pay for Some Furloughed Workers

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Above: The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. Image copyright: Eric Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

Trump's shutdown strategy brilliantly exposes government bloat while Democrats prioritize wasteful spending over fiscal responsibility. The U.S. government is incredibly wasteful, and the American people support eliminating hundreds of thousands of nonessential federal jobs.

Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's threats to deny back pay backfire by targeting his own appointees while violating existing law requiring compensation for furloughed workers. Congress controls appropriations and historically pays federal workers, exposing these layoff threats as empty political theater that polling shows Americans blame on Trump.

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