{"id":2464026,"date":"2025-07-19T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-firings-hit-massive-total-federal-workforce-plummets-by-over-22000\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:57:18","slug":"trump-firings-hit-massive-total-federal-workforce-plummets-by-over-22000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-firings-hit-massive-total-federal-workforce-plummets-by-over-22000\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Firings Hit Massive Total: Federal Workforce Plummets By Over 22000"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-firings-hit-massive-total-federal-workforce-plummets-by-over-22000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2464026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-ai-models-are-capable-of-reasoning\/\" title=\"Cutting-edge AI models can now engage in &#039;reasoning\">made notable progress<\/a> in reducing the size of the federal workforce, fulfilling its promise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-government-efficiency-commission-idea-draws-capitol-hill-interest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump ... commission idea draws Capitol Hill interest - Washington Examiner\">streamline government operations<\/a>. Since January, over 22,000 federal employees around Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia have been laid off, with the largest declines seen in Maryland (5.4%), virginia (4.8%), and D.C. (1.9%). These reductions correspond with increased unemployment claims in these areas. The administration highlights this as a first step toward creating a more disciplined and accountable federal workforce, with further reductions expected through programs like the Deferred Resignation Program.While the federal workforce remains large, at over 2 million employees, this effort follows historical precedents set by previous presidents like Bill Clinton, who also downsized federal employment. The article suggests that workforce reductions to save taxpayer money should be a bipartisan goal,despite the political controversy surrounding these cuts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The number are in, and the Trump administration appears to be making good on its promise to reduce the size of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gets-bad-news-poll-epstein-dems-get-even-worse-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> created his Department of Government Efficiency for just that purpose, and as of May, over 22,000 federal workers around Washington, D.C., have been given walking papers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/federal-workforce-has-shed-some-22-000-workers-in-area-around-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>&rsquo;s numbers from Friday put the workforce at 22,100 less than it was when Trump took office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia saw particularly steep declines.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland&rsquo;s workforce is 5.4 percent federal, with Virginia&rsquo;s sitting at 4.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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D.C. proper experienced its first major increase in mid-January, with the highest number of claims filed during the week of Feb. 15,&rdquo; the entity said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maryland experienced its most abrupt spike during that same week, with a 334.8 percent increase from the week before, and another 400 percent weekly increase reported on May 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/school-district-bans-virginia-state-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia<\/a> experienced its highest number of initial claims on the weeks of March 1 and April 5.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Trump has been busy. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management put out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/news\/new-data-shows-trump-administration%CA%BCs-progress-in-right-sizing-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> July 1, boasting a number similar to the Federal Reserve Bank&rsquo;s at over 23,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This data marks the first measurable step toward President Trump&rsquo;s vision of a disciplined, accountable federal workforce and it&rsquo;s only the beginning,&rdquo; Acting Director Chuck Ezell said.<\/p>\n<p>The release said October will also be an important month for reductions due to the Deferred Resignation Program.<\/p>\n<p>The federal workforce still stands at over 2 million, but we are only six months into a four-year term. Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-nears-record-held-democrats-golden-boy-wont-hear-cheering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Clinton<\/a> shrank the federal workforce from 2.2 million to 1.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton&rsquo;s work as a Democrat proves that saving taxpayers money should not be a partisan issue, even though it is. Democrats stirred themselves into a whirlwind in disbelief that Trump would have the audacity to fire overpaid bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, not everyone released is worthy of that title, but we simply cannot continue down this path.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats should remember recent history before lashing out at Trump so harshly. Clinton did it, Trump&rsquo;s doing it. Workforce reductions and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >maximizing efficiency shouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t inspire people to violence and derangement like we&rsquo;ve seen since these cuts were happening.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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To achieve this goal, President Donald Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency. By May, more than 22,000 federal employees in the Washington, D.C. area had been laid off. According to Bloomberg&#8217;s report from Friday, the federal workforce has decreased by 22,100 since Trump took office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia experienced particularly significant reductions. In Maryland, 5.4 percent of jobs are federally related; Virginia&#8217;s figure stands at 4.4 percent. Unsurprisingly, Washington D.C.&#8217;s workforce remains heavily federal at 24.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported that Maryland lost 5.4 percent of its federal workforce; Virginia saw a decline of 4.8 percent; and D.C.&#8217;s reduction was about 1.9 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment claims in these regions reflect these trends: initial claims rose after January during this presidential transition period-D.C.&#8217;s first major spike occurred mid-January with peak claims during the week of February 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland experienced an especially sharp increase that same week-a rise of over 334% compared to the previous week-and another surge exceeding 400% was recorded on May 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s highest number of initial unemployment claims were filed during weeks starting March 1st and April 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly active in downsizing efforts, Trump&#8217;s administration released figures on July 1 showing over a reduction exceeding those reported by the Federal Reserve Bank-more than 23,000 cuts overall.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Director Chuck Ezell described this as an initial step toward President Trump&#8217;s vision for a more disciplined and accountable federal workforce-and emphasized it is just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Further reductions are expected by October due to programs like Deferred Resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Although still numbering over two million employees nationwide, only six months have passed since Trump began his four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison: former President Bill Clinton reduced the federal workforce from approximately 2.2 million down to about1 .8 million during his tenure-a reminder that cutting government size isn&#8217;t strictly partisan despite political debates around it today.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have reacted strongly against these firings under Trump-criticizing him for dismissing supposedly overpaid bureaucrats-but history shows similar actions were taken under Democratic leadership as well (e.g., Clinton).<\/p>\n<p>While not every employee let go may fit negative stereotypes about inefficiency or excess paychecks,the current trajectory toward leaner government operations aims at fiscal responsibility rather than political point-scoring or inciting unrest seen amid recent reactions to these cuts.<\/p>\n<p>If you want me to paraphrase any specific section further or simplify it more let me know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2464027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-Workforce.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50231,15803,5045,37421,3634],"class_list":["post-2464026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-federal-workforce","tag-firings","tag-government","tag-job-cuts","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-Workforce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464026"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464030,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464026\/revisions\/2464030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}