[World Wide Web Reporter Jiang Ailing] According to Reuters, White House Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett said on October 5 local time that if U.S. President Trump decides that there is no progress in negotiations with congressional Democrats on ending the partial "shutdown" of the government, the U.S. government will begin large-scale layoffs of federal employees.

Reported that Hassett made the above statement when the government's "shutdown" lasted for several days. Hassett said on a television talk show that he still believes Democrats may give in to avoid a costly government shutdown and federal employee layoffs threatened by White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Walter.

¡°President Trump and Watter are preparing to take action if necessary, but hopefully they won¡¯t take that step,¡± Hasite said.

He said: ¡°If the president finds no progress in the negotiations, it will start cutting jobs, but I think everyone still hopes that when we have a new start earlier this week, we can let the Democrats understand that avoiding such cuts is common sense.¡±

Reuters also noted that the two sides have shown no signs of substantive negotiations since Trump met with the leaders of the two houses of Congress last week. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said "they refused to negotiate with us" and said the current impasse could only be broken through further consultations with Trump and the four leaders of Congress.

Affected by factors such as the stalemate between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party on issues such as health care welfare spending, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a new interim appropriations bill on the evening of September 30 before government funds were exhausted. At 0:00 local time on October 1, the U.S. federal government "shut down" again after nearly seven years. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be forced to take unpaid leave, some public services will be suspended or delayed, and the release of economic data will be affected. Previously, the two parties in the United States failed to reach an agreement on a new interim funding bill due to differences in medical insurance benefits. White House Press Secretary Levitt said at a White House press conference on October 1 that "layoffs are imminent."