Donald Trump reveals plan to pay furloughed troops | Political News

Donald Trump revealed a plan on Saturday to pay furloughed troops he says are being held “hostage” by the Democrats.

Taking jabs at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as he announced the plan, Trump wrote on his Truth Social, “Chuck Schumer recently said, ‘Every day gets better’ during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE!”

“If nothing is finished, because of ‘Leader’ Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they’re rightfully due on October 15,” he continued.

“That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.”

He claimed he and Hegseth “have identified funds to do this” and that they “will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”

“I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown,” the president said. “The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
 
He signed the message with his full title and official title.

The Republican president’s motion got here on the eleventh day of a authorities shutdown that has led to layoffs in a number of authorities departments. It removes one of the strain factors that may have pressured Congress into motion, too, which is able to guarantee that the shutdown enters its third week.

No comparable actions appear forthcoming to handle the layoffs of other federal employees. Hospital employees, TSA brokers, FAA workers, NWS forecasters and a number of other employees have been furloughed or are being pressured to work without pay, if they rely as important workers.

The White House finances workplace started the layoffs course of on Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear how many layoffs would outcome from the shutdown.

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U.S. service members have been in hazard of not receiving their next paychecks on Wednesday after the federal government shut down on Oct. 1, the start of the federal finances cycle. The U.S. has about 1.3 million active-duty service members. The prospect of troops going without pay has been a focus for lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have mentioned the shutdown’s unfavourable impression.

Trump did not specify where he was getting the money from, but it can probably be funded by the billions of {dollars} in taxpayer money that have been funneled into the Defense Department under the president’s “big, beautiful bill” in July. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said such a transfer was potential.

“The Administration also could decide to use mandatory funding provided in the 2025 reconciliation act or other sources of mandatory funding to continue activities financed by those direct appropriations at various agencies,” the CBO said.

The CBO cited the Department of Defense, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget as among the departments that acquired particular funds under the law.

Some of the Pentagon’s money “could be used to pay active-duty personnel during a shutdown, thus reducing the number of excepted workers who would receive delayed compensation,” the CBO wrote in a letter responding to questions raised by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).