WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration on Wednesday ordered federal agencies to undertake more large-scale layoffs of workers, while the president let downsizing czar Elon Musk take a star role at his first cabinet meeting and discuss his ambitious budget-cutting targets.
A new memo instructed agencies to submit plans by March 13 for a ¡°significant reduction¡± in staffing to a federal workforce already reeling from waves of layoffs and program cuts by Musk¡¯s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. It did not specify the number of new layoffs.
The memo represents a major escalation in Trump and Musk¡¯s campaign to slash the size of the U.S. government.
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