(NEXSTAR) – The White House says thousands of federal workers could be permanently laid off amid the ongoing government shutdown.

With no end in sight to the shutdown, President Trump announced plans to meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on Thursday to discuss mass firings.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that the layoffs could be in the "thousands."

"We're going to look at agencies that don't align with the administration's values that we feel are a waste of the taxpayer dollar," Leavitt said.

"When Congress turns off the funding and the funding runs out, it is up to the commander in chief, the president of the United States, to determine how those resources will be spent," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told r

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