President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted his administration's efforts to curb the size of the federal government's workforce while expanding private sector payrolls.

"Since January, 100,000 bureaucrats have left the federal payroll," Trump said in remarks at the America Business Forum. "Government spending is down 2.5% this quarter compared to one year ago. Think of that."

"And in stark contrast to last administration, 100% of all new jobs created in America under my administration have been created in the private sector , 100% of the jobs have come from the private sector," Trump said. "Otherwise, you don't have a country."

The president added that "I mean, I love government workers, but if you have all government workers, you don't have a country, do you?"

Since February, the f

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