USDA slashing DC staff by 56%
Thousands of bureaucrats GONE.
Jobs moved OUT of the Swamp and INTO real America.
Last time? Nearly all of them quit! Trump got to replace them. You know, the jobs still there.
Here’s what’s coming 🧵
2/ President Trump’s team is executing a full-scale overhaul of the USDA.
👉 Over 2,600 Washington jobs cut
👉 Five new regional hubs:
• Raleigh
• Kansas City
• Indianapolis
• Fort Collins
• Salt Lake City
They’re draining the Swamp—literally.
3/ This has three effects:
- HUGE reduction in headcount
- Remaining workers closer to the people they "serve"
- When faced with moving out of the Beltway, most quit
That means Trump replaces them.
4/ DC isn’t where the farmers are.
“American agriculture feeds and fuels this country,” said Sec. Brooke Rollins. “It’s time USDA actually served farmers—not federal employees.”
Trump’s mandate: serve the PEOPLE not the Deep Staters. And do it where they actually live.
5/ The DC facilities are overbuilt, underused, and cost billions in deferred maintenance. The South Building alone has a $1.3B backlog—and it’s 1/3 empty.
Waste!
And it's not just USDA.
DOGE is already cutting deep at:
• IRS
• EPA
• USAID
• Dept. of Education
• Many more
6/ This is bigger than any one agency.
It’s about breaking the back of the Deep State and restoring fiscal sanity.
Less D.C. power.
More local control.
Lower costs.
Better service.
And no more career bureaucrats "resisting" the leaders we the people sent to Washington!
7/ USDA will continue critical functions:
✅ Food safety
✅ Wildfire response
✅ National security roles
But they’ll do it from outside DC, where the people actually live and work.
Trump is building a leaner, accountable, America-First government.
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has canceled his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping and announced 100% tariffs on Chinese goods starting Nov. 1.
His reason? Beijing just imposed global export controls on rare earths — the materials that power the modern world. 🧵👇
2/ China controls 92% of rare earth refining — metals essential for EVs, semiconductors, fighter jets, & submarines.
Beijing is weaponizing that — sending letters to nations warning it’ll restrict exports on “virtually anything.”
Trump called it “sinister and hostile.” ⚠️
3/ “They’re holding the world captive,” Trump said.
But he’s striking back:
💥 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports starting Nov. 1
💥 New U.S. countermeasures against Chinese trade blackmail
💥 Full economic response to defend U.S. supply chains & sovereignty 🇺🇸
🇮🇱🇺🇸 BREAKING: Celebrations erupt across Israel and Gaza.
Trump’s 20-point peace plan has reached its first major breakthrough: agreement for Hamas to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — with a ceasefire to follow.
History is happening. 🧵👇
2/ After talks in Egypt, both sides agreed to the first phase.
📦 All 48 remaining Israeli hostages will be freed within days.
💥 Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be released.
🕊️ A formal ceasefire follows Israel’s ratification tomorrow.
Families are calling Trump a peacemaker.
3/ One hostage’s wife wrote on X:
“My heart is overflowing with gratitude... Thank you, President Trump.”
At Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, Israelis chanted “Thank you Trump! Thank you Netanyahu!”
That's EIGHT peace deals in eight months for Donald Trump.
New York AG Letitia James — who spent years failing to destroy Donald Trump for mortgage fraud — has now been indicted by a federal grand jury for...mortgage fraud.
The same woman who weaponized the law now faces justice herself. 🧵👇
2/ The indictment stems from an investigation into fraudulent mortgage filings.
James falsely claimed her Norfolk, Virginia home was her primary residence — to score a lower interest rate on a government-backed loan.
She allegedly lied on bank documents and property records.
3/ Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte first blew the whistle, alleging James may have also misrepresented a Brooklyn property to qualify for federal assistance.
He wrote:
“Letitia James falsified documents to obtain favorable terms and government-backed loans.”