Inside the Trump Purge: Federal Workers Tell Their Stories

特朗普清洗内幕:联邦员工讲述他们的故事

The Daily

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2025-02-19

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On the campaign trail, Donald J. Trump and his allies left little doubt that, if they returned to power, federal workers would face layoffs, buyouts and agency closures. Now that President Trump’s plan has become a reality, dozens of federal workers explain what it’s been like to live through it.
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  • I think I just got deactivated on my government computer.

  • I can try one more time.

  • It just kicked me out of teams.

  • Let's see if I can open my outlook.

  • Yep.

  • I no longer have access.

  • Okay.

  • Yeah, I don't even.

  • I don't even know.

  • Yeah.

  • Like, I'm looking at my office.

  • I have, again, pictures of me and my buddies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • I have, like, a Marine Corps flag behind me.

  • There's, like, a pit in my stomach.

  • I'm a little combat vet going to work at the va.

  • Like, I was like, you know, no one's really coming after us.

  • And then, like, I thought the VA would be fine.

  • No.

  • Like, I'm totally fired now.

  • So, like, I'm just.