At 0 a.m. on October 1, local time, the U.S. federal government was again "stop" almost seven years later.The last "stop" was in Trump's first presidential term, "stop" lasted for five weeks, causing economic losses of more than $ 10 billion.

"A government shutdown can bring a lot of benefits," Trump said earlier as the government shutdown approached."We can get rid of a lot of things we don't want, and these are Democratic things." US media said that a government shutdown could give Trump greater power. Now, Trump may use the government shutdown to advance his agenda.

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Goal 1: Cut-off

According to sources, Trump¡¯s budget director, Russell Watt, told the House of Representatives on October 1 that some federal agencies would dismiss employees within one to two days. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters that the cuts would take place ¡°in two days, in the near future, and soon,¡± but declined to disclose details on which agencies or positions.

On October 1, an announcement showed that the Washington Monument was closed due to the US federal government's "stagnation".

Levitt said Trump had instructed the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to work with agencies to determine where spending could be cut,"unfortunately, this is a consequence of this government shutdown."

According to the report, OMB is calling on federal agencies to develop large-scale government worker firing plans in addition to traditional mandated furloughs to advance its goal of streamlining the federal bureaucracy. So far, the shutdown plans of various agencies have not proposed any specific layoffs.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday that government shutdowns provided a chance for the Republican party to "do something we could not have done because we would never get Democratic votes."

¡ø Bulletin board shows that the Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to the "shutdown" of the US federal government. According to Xinhua News Agency

House Minority Democratic Leader Hachim Jeffries responded to the cuts threatening by telling the White House to ¡°roll off.¡±¡°We won¡¯t be frightened,¡± he said, ¡°Watt has been ¡°completely out of control,¡± and the Trump administration has made clear their intentions: they want to continue to fire those hard-working civil servants.¡±

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Some analysts said that the Trump administration will take advantage of the opportunity of government shutdown to act quickly to reduce the size of the federal government. However, Vice President Vance downplayed plans to use the government shutdown to cut public services, saying Republicans don't want to "fire anyone," but said the government could be forced to lay off employees to save money during the government shutdown. In previous government shutdowns, many federal workers were forced to take vacations, but they were not laid off on a large scale.

The objective 2: Reduced items

On the 1st, Russell Water also announced the suspension of approximately $18 billion in fund facility funding to New York City, including the Second Avenue subway project and the Hudson Tunnel project. Walter said the suspension of funding was due to concerns about fairness, not a government shutdown.

However, public opinion noticed that this move directly hit the voters of Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of whom represent New York State in Congress. Vought also said it would cut $8 billion in funding for renewable energy projects in more than a dozen states that voted for former * Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

However, the $20 billion bailout plan for Argentina remains unchanged.

At the same time, the Trump administration made it clear that the work of formulating future tariffs will not stop because of the government shutdown. The Ministry of Commerce's shutdown emergency plan has stated that "necessary work to address the impact of imported goods on national security" will continue.

The White House seems ready to use the government funding shortage as an opportunity to expand Trump¡¯s influence, which Trump has previously pledged to dismiss government staff during the government shutdown and even cut ¡°unnecessary¡± government projects. This emerging initiative has been compared to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk, many of whom have named it ¡°DOGE 2.0¡±.

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Edited by Zhang Li

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