Fork In The Road: Trump Administration Offers Buyouts To Federal Workers

STEPHEN MILLER: There’s 2 million employees in the federal govt. Overwhelmingly the career federal service in this country is far left. Left wing

TAPPER: You’re demonizing an entire workforce

MILLER: Wait, woah woah woah woah!

TAPPER: Let’s get back on track

MILLER: I am on… pic.twitter.com/nz1yhFCJzG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2025

President Trump to federal employees: “Type the word ‘Resign’ into the ‘Subject’ line of the email. Hit ‘Send.’” pic.twitter.com/HlTd3ouQZG

— Christopher F. Rufo ?? (@realchrisrufo) January 29, 2025

Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit w/ pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people w/ that offer. If you accept that offer & resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.” pic.twitter.com/iQI3a8grRG

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 29, 2025

Mike Johnson endorses the Trump/Musk “buyout” offer to federal workers: “Drastic times call for drastic measures … maybe they leave the workforce. Fantastic. I hope they do.” pic.twitter.com/mLRxGXtD17

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 29, 2025

WATCH: @karolineleavitt on buyouts: “This is a suggestion to federal workers that they have to return to work. If they don’t then they have the option to resign and this administration is very generously offering to pay them for eight months.” pic.twitter.com/V3ezvJcAsd

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 29, 2025

It appears all the New Right talk about “regime change” was serious.

Axios:

“It’s only been a little over a week since President Trump took office, but already he’s unleashed a ream of actions targeting the federal workforce — a sort of government death via a thousand cuts.

Why it matters: This unprecedented stream of executive orders and memorandums is unsettling Washington households as people scramble to determine whether their jobs and livelihoods are safe. …”

CNN:

“Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night.

CNN previously reported the buyout offers were expected, according to a Trump administration official and an OPM spokesperson.

The administration has ordered federal workers, many of whom had flexible work arrangements following the pandemic, back to the office to work in person. Workers who accept the buyout will need to resign by February 6 and would receive severance paid through September 30.

Federal agency heads were told within the last day that this would be coming, the official said.

The memo outlining the new policy states that the agency emailed federal employees “on January 28, 2025 presenting a deferred resignation offer.” …”

OPM:

It is only Week 2 and we are giving NoVa an enema!