Trump: Environmental Safety Company eyeing to chop 65% of its staffers

President Donald Trump signaled Wednesday that the Environmental Safety Company (EPA) may be the subsequent company on the chopping block as his administration continues to unveil new cuts to the federal authorities. 

Trump advised reporters Wednesday in the course of the first assembly together with his Cupboard that Environmental Safety Company Administrator Lee Zeldin is eyeing reducing 65% of federal workers from the company. 

“I spoke with Lee Zeldin, and he thinks he’s going to be reducing 65 or so % of the folks from Environmental, and we’re going to hurry up the method too on the identical time,” Trump mentioned. “He had lots of people that weren’t doing their job, they have been simply obstructionists, and lots of people that didn’t exist.” 

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home on Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)

Trump additionally instructed that the Division of Schooling may additionally face steep cuts as he renewed calls to maneuver schooling again to the states. Trump traditionally has signaled he’s contemplating shuttering the company totally by an govt order, though Article II of the Structure stipulates Congressional approval is required to thoroughly eradicate a federal company. 

“We’re reducing down authorities … we’re bloated, we’re sloppy,” Trump mentioned Wednesday. 

The EPA and White Home press workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital. 

Trump’s remarks come as his administration and the newly created Division of Governmental Effectivity (DOGE) led by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are in search of to dramatically shrink the scale of the federal authorities and workforce. 

The Workplace of Administration and Finances (OMB) Director Russell Vought and performing Director of the Workplace of Personnel Administration (OPM) Charles Ezell issued a memo on Wednesday directing companies to brace themselves for “large-scale reductions in power” and set up downsizing plans by mid-March. 

Moreover, DOGE has been tasked with eliminating authorities spending, waste and streamlining effectivity and operations, and Trump mentioned Saturday he wished to see DOGE take an much more aggressive method shifting ahead. 

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Elon Musk, who’s heading up the Division of Authorities Effectivity, has launched a number of initiatives aimed toward reducing the federal workforce.  (The Related Press)

Musk, who mentioned Wednesday that the U.S. will “go bankrupt” with out DOGE cuts, has launched a number of initiatives to drastically lower the federal workforce. For instance, Musk requested all federal employees reply to a private productiveness e-mail — that he described Wednesday as a “pulse verify assessment” — the Workplace of Personnel and Administration (OPM) despatched out by Monday at 11:59 p.m. itemizing 5 issues they completed the earlier week. 

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Musk warned that those that did not comply would lose their jobs. Whereas some companies instructed their staffers to disregard the e-mail, Musk mentioned Wednesday one other e-mail would exit as DOGE seeks to eradicate people who find themselves on the federal government payroll however don’t exist. 

Likewise, Musk mentioned Wednesday that DOGE is in search of to protect jobs for everybody who’s an important employee and is performing effectively, however warned that those that aren’t may lose employment. 

The White Home mentioned Tuesday that a million federal employees did adjust to Musk’s productiveness e-mail request and that workers ought to look to their particular person company for steerage on methods to proceed.