U.S. State Department Firing over 1,300 Workers as President Trump Shrinks ‘Bloated’ Government

[mystery-ak]

U.S. State Department Firing over 1,300 Workers as President Trump Shrinks ‘Bloated’ Government

Amy Furr 11 Jul 2025

The U.S. State Department on Friday is firing over 1,300 workers in a reorganization plan as President Donald Trump’s administration works to cut government waste.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior department official explained to the Associated Press (AP) that officials are giving layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and nearly 250 foreign service officers with assignments inside the United States, the outlet reported on Friday.

“Foreign service officers affected will be placed immediately on administrative leave for 120 days, after which they will formally lose their jobs, according to an internal notice obtained by The Associated Press,” the outlet said.

Per the AP, the notice also said, “In connection with the departmental reorganization … the department is streamlining domestic operations to focus on diplomatic priorities. Headcount reductions have been carefully tailored to affect non-core functions, duplicative or redundant offices, and offices where considerable efficiencies may be found from centralization or consolidation of functions and responsibilities.”

A reporter from WUSA 9 noted, “These cuts include layoffs but also the voluntary departures through buy-out programs the administration rolled out here”:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6l9DVSSqqo&t=4s&ab_channel=WUSA9

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/u-s-state-department-firing-over-1300-as-president-trump-shrinks-bloated-government/

[Fishrrman]

"The U.S. State Department on Friday is firing over 1,300 workers in a reorganization plan..."

That's all ... ???

[Free Vulcan]

The State Department began firing more than 1,300 people on Friday as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to a State Department official.

The firings will affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers in Washington, DC, an internal notice seen by CNN said. It comes as the State Department implements a drastic reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to shrink the federal government.

Those fired on Friday worked on issues like countering violent extremism; helping Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover; educational exchanges; and issues related to women’s rights, refugees and climate change.

Hundreds of offices and bureaus are being eliminated or altered as a result of the restructuring that began to be implemented on Friday. The layoff notices, issued via email, came out as Secretary of State Marco Rubio was of Washington, DC, on a flight back from an overseas trip to Malaysia.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/11/politics/state-department-firings

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Literally to the point where I could consider Rubio to be presidential material. The guy has turned into a total beast.

[American Girl]

Excerpt:
Friday was a rough day at Foggy Bottom—but not for the reasons the DC elite think.
More than 1,300 State Department staffers were finally handed their pink slips as part of a long-overdue cleanup. Videos show freshly laid-off bureaucrats crying as they left the building, tissues in hand, with a small crowd of fellow swamp-dwellers clapping them off like it was graduation day.



If these theatre kids have enough time to do this, then Rubio hasn't cut deep enough.

Cut the whole agency to the bone.
https://www.rightjournalism.com/laid-off-state-dept-staffers-caught-crying-on-camera-after-seeing-the-display-by-those-still-there-youll-wish-more-got-the-boot/

[mountaineer]

Write Girl Problems
@WriteGrlProbs
Our bureaucracy is stuffed (staffed) by theater kids with main character syndrome.
8:51 AM · Jul 12, 2025

https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1943857681611337780

[mystery-ak]

Did You See This? Some Laid Off State Department Staffer Left This Note. It's Absurd.

https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1943805242543390807

more
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/12/read-the-note-some-laid-off-state-department-staffer-left-behind-n2660268

[DB]

Good riddance.

They demonstrate why they have no business being employed there.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1944101313509220678

[mountaineer]

Boo hoo. Just leave, already.

Gerry Callahan
@GerryCallahan
On his first day in office Joe Biden shut down the Keystone pipeline, putting 11,000 people out of work.
No one in the media or in permanent Washington gave a shit.
3:00 PM · Jul 12, 2025

[DB]

Boo hoo. Just leave, already.

Gerry Callahan
@GerryCallahan
On his first day in office Joe Biden shut down the Keystone pipeline, putting 11,000 people out of work.
No one in the media or in permanent Washington gave a shit.
3:00 PM · Jul 12, 2025

Learn to code...

[mountaineer]

Byron York
@ByronYork
Looking at State Department documents, it appears the department went from 57,340 total employees in 2007 to 72,895 in 2015 to 80,214 in 2024. So it grew by nearly 23,000 employees before the 'devastating' cut of 1,300.
3:47 PM · Jul 12, 2025

[mountaineer]

MarkHyman
@MarkHyman
A ‘massive’ layoff of <<conducts the calculation>> just 1.6% of State Dept’s 80,214 employee workforce brings US diplomacy to its knees.
10:16 PM · Jul 12, 2025

John Cardillo
@johncardillo
The State Dept. has 80,214 employees, the majority are subversive leftists.
Trump and Rubio cut 1300 needless positions.
That’s only .016 of the State Dept. workforce, despite Dem and RINO tears.
In reality, they should have cut much more.
4:51 PM · Jul 12, 2025

[Wingnut]

Do we really need a State Department.  What are they good for.  Absolutely nothin.

[mountaineer]

State is one of the departments that probably could be cut by at least 25% with no negative effect. And they're whining about a 1.6% decrease. Give me a break.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1944128902471070121