The White House says layoffs are imminent.

Jin10 data reported on October 2nd, the White House Press Secretary Levitt stated at the White House press conference on October 1st that "layoffs are imminent." She said that U.S. President Trump has directed the Cabinet, and the Office of Management and Budget is working with various government departments and agencies to identify areas where spending can be cut, and that layoffs are "very likely" to happen and will occur "soon." She also attributed the layoffs to the government "shutdown" issue created by the Democrats. It is reported that the planned layoffs following this government "shutdown" differ from the past practices of "unpaid leave and subsequent salary payments" during previous shutdowns, as they are preemptive spending cuts measures directed by the White House for agencies to formulate, seen as a means to strengthen positions in the bipartisan fiscal tug-of-war.