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Trumps REVENGE; No Nobel Prize? - YOU'RE Fired & China Will Pay 100% MORE Tariff
Trumps REVENGE; No Nobel Prize? -Trump Launches DOGE 2.0 as Thousands of Democrat Oriented Jobs Are Slashed
Trump Announces ADDITIONAL 100% Tariff on China Starting Next Month
Every time things dont go Trumps way he checks out how and who he can unleash his SPITE on
MailOnline 11 OCT 2025
Trump starts DOGE 2.0 as mass layoffs take place across federal government amid shutdown
He began his promised mass purge of federal workers Friday, as more than 4,100 people were laid off as the government shutdown rolls on.
The president previewed the pink slips in a press conference in the Oval Office earlier Friday, blaming them and the shutdown on the Democrats.
It'll be a lot and it'll be Democrat oriented because we figure they started this thing. A lot of people, all because of the Democrats, Trump said.
Its the biggest set of firings in government since Elon Musks DOGE purge early in Trumps second term
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social platform X that the RIFs have begun, referring to reduction in force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.
The White House previewed that it would pursue the aggressive layoff tactic shortly before the government shutdown began on Oct. 1, telling all federal agencies to submit their reduction in force plans to the budget office for its review.
It said reduction in force could apply for federal programs whose funding would lapse in a government shutdown, is otherwise not funded and is not consistent with the Presidents priorities
An official for the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents federal workers and is suing the Trump administration over the firings, said in a legal filing Friday that the Treasury Department is set to issue layoff notices to 1,300 employees.
The AFGE asked a federal judge to halt the firings, calling the action an abuse of power designed to punish workers and pressure Congress. It is disgraceful that the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an excuse to illegally fire thousands of workers who provide critical services to communities across the country, INCLUDING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, AFGE President Everett Kelley said in a statement.
Democrats have tried to call the administrations bluff, arguing the firings could be illegal, and had seemed bolstered by the fact that the White House had not immediately pursued the layoffs once the shutdown began.
If this keeps going on, it'll be substantial, and a lot of those jobs will never come back, he said Tuesday.
Crypto Prices Plunge as Trump HitsChina With 100pc MORE Tariffs
Stock Market News; Trump to Impose 100% Tariff on China, Nasdaq Falls 3.6% Tech Stocks Tumble as Trade Tensions Rise
Trump announces 130% tariffs on China. The global trade war just came roaring back
Trump announced he will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30% tariffs already in effect, starting November 1 or sooner. The threat is a massive escalation after months of a trade truce between the two nations.
The United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying, Trump said in a post on Truth Social Friday afternoon. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.
Trumps announcement is tied to Beijing ramping up export controls on its critical rare earths, which are needed to produce many electronics. As a result, Trump appeared to call off a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that was scheduled for later this month in South Korea.
Trumps initial message Friday, delivered via a Truth Social post, in which he threatened massive new tariffs, was ill received by investors on Friday as fears of a spring deja vu, when tariffs on Chinese goods soared to a stunning 145%, set in. Markets closed sharply lower on Friday after Trumps initial comments, with the Dow falling by 878 points, or 1.9%. The S&P 500 was down 2.7%, and the tech heavy Nasdaq tumbled 3.5%.
While Trump doesnt always act on his threats, investors, consumers and businesses still have reason to worry.
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