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In October, private employers added 52,000 jobs. In November, they added another 69,000. That growth happened at the same time federal employment dropped sharply by 162,000 jobs in October and another 6,000 in November.
Since January, federal payrolls have declined by a total of 271,000 positions as President Trump began trimming excess government staffing.
Many of those departures were not sudden firings. They were voluntary exits under a deferred resignation program created as part of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative.
Roughly 75,000 federal employees accepted offers that allowed them to resign while continuing to receive pay and benefits through September. The goal was to give workers time to transition into private sector roles while reducing bureaucratic bloat.
Democrats predicted disaster.
They warned unemployment would skyrocket and the economy would collapse.
That never happened.
Workforce Participation Rises as Dependency Falls
The unemployment rate did rise slightly to 4.6 percent in November. Democrats rushed to seize on the number. But they ignored the reason behind it.
More Americans entered the workforce.
Labor force participation increased, signaling that people were actively seeking jobs instead of remaining outside the workforce. It was a sign of renewed confidence and opportunity, not decline.
Trump’s critics claimed government layoffs would cripple the economy. Instead, the private sector continued to create jobs while Washington shrank.
DOGE Pulls Back the Curtain on Massive Government Abuse
While Democrats accused Elon Musk and Trump’s efficiency team of sabotaging government operations, DOGE uncovered staggering levels of waste.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin revealed that officials from the previous administration attempted to hide taxpayer funds before Trump took office.
They “parked” tax dollars at outside financial institutions in a scheme Zeldin called “the first of its kind in EPA history” that was “purposely designed to obligate all the money in a rush job with reduced oversight.”
The findings did not stop there.
The Department of Defense was spending $1.9 million on a so called “holistic DEI transformation” within the Air Force while military readiness suffered.
Another $6 million was funneled to the University of Montana to “strengthen American democracy by bridging divides.”
Taxpayers were also funding overseas programs that had nothing to do with national interest.
Senator Joni Ernst revealed USAID funds were being used for gender studies programs in Pakistan and social media training in Ethiopia while American veterans struggled at home.
Bureaucracy Forced to Prove Its Value
DOGE also terminated wasteful real estate contracts across federal agencies.
The Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration was forced to seek new lease agreements after unnecessary properties were canceled.
Some agencies later rehired limited staff after determining certain roles were essential. That outcome did not undermine DOGE’s mission. It proved it worked.
For the first time in decades, agencies had to justify who was actually needed.
According to DOGE records, Trump’s team terminated 13,440 contracts, 15,887 grants, and 264 leases.
Federal spending still rose slightly due to mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare. But Trump’s May 2025 budget proposal incorporated $163 billion in DOGE identified savings and targeted a 22.6 percent reduction in non defense discretionary spending.
Democrats Built a Government Jobs Empire
For years, Democrats expanded the federal workforce not to boost productivity but to reward allies and entrench ideology.
DEI activists, compliance officers, and regulatory paper pushers multiplied while private businesses struggled under red tape.
That model collapsed under scrutiny.
While federal employment fell by hundreds of thousands, private employers added jobs every month of Trump’s presidency so far. The three month average for private sector job creation sits at 75,000.
The Partnership for Public Service reported just under 200,000 federal workers had already left their jobs by August 2025.
Democrats warned the economy would crumble.
Instead, it adjusted.
The Swamp Is Not the Economy
Trump’s layoffs revealed a truth Washington tried to hide.
Government hiring does not create prosperity. Private enterprise does.
Real jobs come from innovation, production, and competition. Not from bloated bureaucracies insulated from consequences.
Federal workers who left under the deferred resignation program are now experiencing what millions of Americans already know. In the real economy, results matter.
President Trump promised to drain the swamp.
The data shows he kept that promise.
Now the question is how much further he will go.
