US President Donald Trump has threatened to use the first government shutdown since 2019 to push through mass firings and slash social programmes unless Democrats give up their demands for health care funding. “The cruelty is the point,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
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‘Cruelty is the point’: Trump uses shutdown as a lever for mass firings, cuts to social programmes
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