"Government Shutdown: White House's Strategy"

"Government Shutdown: White House's Strategy"


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, listeners. Here is your White House Daily Briefing
for Wednesday, October fifteenth, twenty twenty five. Today marks the
fourteenth day of the ongoing federal government shutdown, now one
of the most significant political standoffs in recent memory, Negotiations
between White House and Congress remain stalled. President Trump has

(00:20):
emphasized in multiple interviews that the administration is focused on
protecting essential services, but admits programs associated with democratic priorities
may be permanently cut during this shutdown. He stated that
this is an opportunity to close beat Democrat programs and
that once closed, many of them will not return. A

(00:40):
specific list of these programs is expected by the end
of the week, but the White House has yet to
provide full details, according to major news outlets. White House
Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt addressed the nation this morning, confirming
that while federal layoffs are likely to continue as the
shutdown persists, the administration is not targeting employees based on

(01:01):
political affiliation, but is focusing on maintaining essential government functions.
Leave It reiterated that over one million active duty military personnel,
tens of thousands of Coast Guard members, air traffic controllers,
and federal law enforcement officers will now begin to go
without pay, but critical services are being prioritized as much

(01:23):
as possible. President Trump has directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
to use all available funds, including eight billion dollars from
Pentagon Research and Development, to pay US troops tomorrow. This move,
which House Speaker Mike Johnson has publicly supported, is aimed
at ensuring military paychecks continue even as the shutdown drags on.

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Pay for congressional staff is set to be missed later
this month. While federal lawmakers themselves are not affected by
the stoppage, the shutdown continues to cast uncertainty over federal assistance.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, infants, and children
could begin experiencing funding shortfalls in the coming days, but

(02:05):
the administration amounts to plans to use tariff revenues to
temporarily sustain the program. Meanwhile, layoff notifications at agencies such
as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began last week,
but saw a partial reversal after legal challenges. On the
nomination front, The White House has withdrawn several pending nominees

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for key posts, including the Commissioner of Labor Statistics and
the Inspector General at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sources close to the administration claim this is a strategic
move to maintain an America First core staff as the
shutdown increases the administration's scrutiny of appointments. Turning to today's events,

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President Trump is scheduled to hold a news conference with
FBI Director Cash Pattel. Energy and American industry are also
on the agenda, as Jared Agent, Executive director of the
White House's National Energy Dominance count, appears at a Center
for Strategic and International Studies forum to discuss how the
United States can insure a robust energy backbone for growing

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industrial and technological demands. As the day continues, the White
House remains focused on its message that the shutdown is
the result of democratic resistance and that the administration will
take extraordinary measures to maintain as much of the government
as possible, even if that means making difficult and sometimes
irreversible decisions. Thank you for tuning in to the White

(03:30):
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