President Donald Trump On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) might be the next agency on the heel block, because his administration continues to reveal new cuts on the federal government.
Trump told reporters on Wednesday during the first meeting with his cabinet that manager Lee Zeldin of Environmental Protection Agency monitors 65% of the federal employees of the Agency Cut.
“I spoke with Lee Zeldin and he thinks he is going to cut 65 or so percent of people out of the environment, and we will also speed up the process at the same time,” Trump said. “He had many people who did not do their work, they were just obstructionists and many people who did not exist.”
President Donald Trump gives comments during a cabinet meeting in the White House on 26 February 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
Trump also suggested that the Ministry of Education could also have to deal with steep cuts while he renewed calls to bring education back to the United States. Historically, Trump has considered that he is considering completely closing the agency through an executive order, although Article II of the Constitution stipulates that the approval of the congress is required to fully eliminate a federal agency.
“We reduce the government … we are blown up, we are sloppy,” Trump said Wednesday.
The EPA press office and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital.
Trump’s comments come as his administration and the newly established department of Governmental Efficiency (Doge) under the leadership of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk try to dramatically reduce the size of the federal government and the workforce.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell has issued a memo on Wednesday to lead agencies to commit “large -scale reductions of strength” and contraction plans To be set by shrinking by shrinking plans through plans by shrinking by mid -March.
Moreover, Doge is responsible for eliminating government spending, waste and streamlining efficiency and operations, and Trump said on Saturday that he wanted to see DOGE an even more aggressive approach.
Elon Musk, who leads the Ministry of Efficiency of the Government, has launched various initiatives aimed at reducing the federal workforce. (The Associated Press)
Musk, who said on Wednesday that the US will go “bankrupt” without do -it -cut, has launched various initiatives to drastically reduce the federal workforce. For example, Musk asked that all federal employees respond to an e -mail with personal productivity – which he described on Wednesday as a “pulse check review” – the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) that is aware of Monday at 11:59 PM Five things they have achieved last week.
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Musk warned that those who do not comply with would lose their jobs. While some agencies instructed their employees to ignore the e -mail, Musk said on Wednesday that another E -mail would go out while doge wants to eliminate people who are on the government’s paylist but do not exist.
Similarly, Musk said on Wednesday that doge jobs are trying to keep for anyone who is an essential employee and performs well, but warned that those who cannot work could lose work.
The White House said on Tuesday that a million federal employees comply with the E -mail request from Musk and that employees should look at their individual agency for guidance on how to proceed.
