{"id":2509020,"date":"2025-11-11T01:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-to-give-10k-bonuses-to-air-traffic-controllers-who-did-the-right-thing-never-called-out-sick-during-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:56:12","slug":"breaking-trump-to-give-10k-bonuses-to-air-traffic-controllers-who-did-the-right-thing-never-called-out-sick-during-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-to-give-10k-bonuses-to-air-traffic-controllers-who-did-the-right-thing-never-called-out-sick-during-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Trump to Give $10k Bonuses to Air Traffic Controllers Who Did the Right Thing, Never Called Out Sick During Shutdown"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fbreaking-trump-to-give-10k-bonuses-to-air-traffic-controllers-who-did-the-right-thing-never-called-out-sick-during-shutdown%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=2509020&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 article discusses President Donald trump&#8217;s response to the government shutdown&#8217;s impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">air traffic controllers<\/a>. Trump promised $10,000 bonuses for controllers who continued working without pay during the shutdown and threatened to dock pay for those who called out or complained, despite upcoming back pay. He emphasized a &#8220;carrot-and-stick&#8221; approach, rewarding those who stayed on duty and criticizing those who did not. Some Democratic lawmakers condemned Trump&#8217;s comments, arguing that controllers deserve support rather than attacks.The article highlights that Democrats were responsible for the shutdown by linking it to Obamacare subsidies and criticizes their focus on Trump&#8217;s tone rather than the shutdown&#8217;s cause. Trump reaffirmed his commitment to bonus payments during a Fox News interview, acknowledging he would find the funds despite budget constraints. The piece concludes by suggesting Democrats often oppose responsible consequences while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanberger-record-tagged-as-democratic-socialist\/\" title=\"Spanberger record tagged as \u2018Democratic Socialist\u2019\">supporting increased spending<\/a> on other issues.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s a novelty: the federal government being used to reward employees who did the right thing in a time of need.<\/p>\n<p>That is, at least, the plan. Both on  and in a Fox News interview Monday, President Donald Trump promised to give air traffic controllers who stayed on the job without pay during the shutdown $10,000 bonuses for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>In the post, Trump noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/confirmed-biden-admin-cut-best-qualified-class-air-traffic-controllers-made-poorer-candidates-look-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southwest-airlines-cancels-at-least-1800-flights-over-weekend-blames-weather-air-traffic-control\/\" title=\"Southwest Airlines Cancels At Least 1,800 Flights Over Weekend, Blames Weather, Air Traffic Control\">air traffic control employees<\/a><\/a> had been skipping work even though they&rsquo;ll be given back pay at the end of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/government-shutdown\/2025\/11\/flight-cancellations-and-delays-worsen-as-government-shutdown-drags-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The fourth day of the flight restrictions saw airlines scrap over 2,300 flights Monday and more than 1,000 flights set for takeoff Tuesday. Unpaid for more than a month, some air traffic controllers have begun calling out of work, citing stress and the need to take on second jobs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup'); 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        }          \/\/ Add custom styles for STN player         const style=document.createElement('style');         style.textContent=`         #videoPlayer {             min-height: 460px;             margin-bottom: 10px;         }         @media only screen and (max-width: 780px) {             #videoPlayer {                 min-height: 200px;             }         }         `;         document.head.appendChild(style);          \/\/ Add needed div for STN player         const stnDiv=document.createElement(\"div\");         \/\/ add data-stn-player attribute         stnDiv.setAttribute(\"data-stn-player\", \"s28Az7AY\");         document.getElementById(\"videoPlayer\").appendChild(stnDiv);           \/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #videoPlayer and observe it         let paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#videoPlayer\", 2);         observeElement(paragraphToObserve);     }); }  \/\/ Assign user to a group window.adUserGroup=assignSplitTestGroup(); let isSubbed=getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ); 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Rick Larsen, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, ranking member of the Senate&rsquo;s Aviation Subcommittee, condemned the president&rsquo;s remarks, saying controllers deserve appreciation and support &mdash; not attacks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth noting that Duckworth was&nbsp;<em>not<\/em> among the Democrat lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-co-host-sunny-hostin-says-chuck-schumers-days-shutdown-cave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who broke ranks<\/a> to end the shutdown, which she could have done weeks ago and paid every federal employee &mdash; including those necessary for the country&rsquo;s functioning.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also worth noting that this is what the Associated Press decided to highlight: Democrats complaining about Trump&rsquo;s tone without first pointing out that they&rsquo;re the ones that initiated this by tying the shutdown to the extension of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-clears-bill-end-41-day-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obamacare subsidies<\/a> there was no chance of them getting. The nation&rsquo;s premier wire service also either didn&rsquo;t see fit to ask Duckworth or Larsen if there was anything they could have done to get these controllers paid, or didn&rsquo;t publish the answer if they did.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, it&rsquo;s worth noting that they didn&rsquo;t publish this part of Trump&rsquo;s  post, which noted that there was a definite carrot and stick involved here:<\/p>\n<p><em>  For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn&rsquo;t take ANY TIME OFF for the &ldquo;Democrat Shutdown Hoax,&rdquo; I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn&rsquo;t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald J. Trump  Post 10:32 AM EST 11\/10\/25<\/p>\n<p>All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn&rsquo;t will be substantially &ldquo;docked.&rdquo; For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn&rsquo;t take ANY TIME OFF for the &ldquo;Democrat Shutdown&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1987910259760111645?\">November 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bbc-chairman-apologizes-trump-threatens-legal-action-speech-doctoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> doubled down on the carrot-and-stick approach during a Fox News interview Monday night with Laura Ingraham, saying the sick-outs over the shutdown wouldn&rsquo;t be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, life is not so easy for anybody,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We should not have had people leaving their jobs. And what I basically did is say that the ones that stayed &mdash; and there were a lot of them &mdash; I&rsquo;m sending them a $10,000 bonus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ingraham then asked where the money was coming from.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; Trump said, shrugging. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get it from someplace. I always get the money from someplace, regardless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Which, if you&rsquo;ve been following the shutdown and how the administration handled it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-pulled-off-military-paid-friday-despite-shutdown-dems-refusing-approve-exception-military-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is accurate<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; JUST IN: President Trump DOUBLES DOWN &mdash; promises to give $10,000 bonuses to Air Traffic Controllers who didn&rsquo;t call out &ldquo;sick&rdquo; during the shutdown<\/p>\n<p>Good. They deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get [the money] from someplace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t bet against 47. He&rsquo;ll make it happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jo2ZbCBgGt\">pic.twitter.com\/jo2ZbCBgGt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1988051558144127173?\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And if the Democrats complain about that, they shouldn&rsquo;t complain about the effects of their shutdown in the first place &mdash; but that&rsquo;s the point.<\/p>\n<p>The left loves spending money. Loves it. So long as it&rsquo;s your money, of course. And they&rsquo;ll spend it on toilet seats for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >trans-identifying lesbian squirrels<\/a>, or whatever, but they won&rsquo;t spend it on keeping essential services open during a shutdown so that you, Mr. and Mrs. America, feel the pain. That was the entire point of this hideous exercise, in fact.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: The same people who were furious over Trump being necessarily critical of the essential workers who decided to sick-out because of the Schumer shutdown are now going to be furious that he rewarded those who acted responsibly. That&rsquo;s just how it goes in Democrat-land. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sf-man-stabbed-woman-94-gets-5-years-probation-lib-criminal-justice-reform-continues-wrecking-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Actions with consequences<\/a>? Pfft. 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