Trump Promises to Make ‘Permanent’ Cuts to ‘Democrat Programs’ During Shutdown

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Oct 9th, 2025, 2:43 pm

During Thursday’s cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump took digs at Democrats refusing to back down on health care during the government shutdown that’s now in its second week.

Trump began by talking about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) inviting Republican lawmakers to “come to her office and negotiate.”

“Oh, I didn’t know she was in leadership,” Trump said. “But she’s taking Hakeem Jeffries’s place.”

“Meanwhile, the Democratic shutdown is causing pain and suffering for hardworking American,s including our military, our air traffic controllers, impoverished mothers, people with young children, people that have to live not the greatest of lives,

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