Donald Trump issues order to pay US troops despite government shutdown: ‘If nothing is done…’
Objecting to US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent words that “it gets better every day”, Trump also described the government shutdown that started on October 1 as “the shutdown of the radical left”. Read on to learn more about this.
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) instructed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use “all available funds” to ensure American soldiers receive their paychecks on October 15 despite the government shutdown. The US President announced that he used his Commander-in-Chief authority to give instructions to the Minister of Defense.
Objecting to US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent words that “it gets better every day”, Trump also described the government shutdown that started on October 1 as “the shutdown of the radical left”. “It gets better every day,” Chuck Schumer recently said during the Radical Left Shutdown. I disagree! If nothing is done because of “Leader” Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they deserve on October 15th. Therefore, I am using my authority as Commander in Chief to direct our Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to use all available funds to get our Troops back. Paid on October 15th,” he said. Trump. Post on Truth Social.
Trump, who blamed Schumer for the government shutdown, also accused Democrats of trying to hold the country’s military and the nation’s security “hostage.” He added that he used his authority as “Commander-in-Chief” to direct Hegseth to allocate available funds to ensure the timely payment of salaries of military personnel. “We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow Democrats to hold our Military and our Nation’s Security HOSTAGE with dangerous Government Shutdowns,” Trump said.
Calling on Democrats to “open the government”, the US President said, “Radical Left Democrats MUST OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, then we can work together on Health Care and many other things they want to destroy.” Early on October 3, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said military families were seeking food assistance due to “financial anxiety” caused by the “Democrat shutdown.”
In the briefing given to journalists, it was noted that 1.3 million men and women in the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force are not paid salaries. “We are currently on day 3 of the Democrat-led government shutdown. There are significant personal impacts on millions of Americans as a result of the current government shutdown. 1.3 million men and women in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Space Force are not being paid. Military families are already seeking food assistance due to the financial anxiety caused by this Democrat shutdown,” Leavitt said. he said. The White House Press Secretary stated that more military families are in need of food assistance and there has been a 34 percent increase in the number of families seeking help from food pantries.
“Staff at the Armed Services YMCA food pantry distribution point near Fort Hood, Texas, found a line of military families on the side of the building at 5 a.m. yesterday morning. According to staff working there, this ‘never happened.’ They’ve already experienced a 34 percent increase this week,” Leavitt said. The White House has previously warned that “thousands” of federal workers could lose their jobs if the ongoing government shutdown continues, adding to rising political tensions in Washington. Leavitt told reporters that administration officials were already preparing for possible layoffs. “It’ll probably be thousands,” he said, noting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other officials are actively discussing which departments might be affected, Fox News reported.
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