The only reason they are doing this is that some Republicans will not sign onto the tax cuts without reducing spending or raising the debt ceiling.
They are creating a song and dance about every little thing so the holdouts can go to their voters and show them all the money that’s been saved, and that’s why they voted for the tax cuts.
They don’t care what they cut as long as they get to pass the Tax cuts and be able to grift as much as possible with little oversite.
R’s won’t even care if they rehire them all once the TAX cuts are through.
As to savings in staff cuts and USAID, expect some rubbery figures. There would need to be big payouts to sacked staff. USAID freeze is currently time limited ( pending action to abolish USAID as an agency) with much of the work undertaken by private contractors . The US cannot get back its aid contributions to the UN ( they are frozen in UN accounts).
There will be a need for additional staff and holding centres when the so called illegals are rounded up, including an upgrade at Guantanamo.
Estimates of revenue from tariff hikes are also likely to be rubbery.
Chalmers is off to USA to try to secure exemptions for our exports from tariff hikes.
In addition to our bilateral trade deficit, Chalmers could cite our AUKUS payments and a new foreign investment - a US private company taking over our all our migrant detention centres from Serco ( meanwhile Serco employees have gone on strike because of uncertainty of their continuing employment and leave owing from Serco)
Well he does want to reform the Secret Service, saying the golf course would-be shooter should never have gotten that close.
I for one welcome the maga-management of the Secret Service. I’m sure they’ll have just as much success on that golf course while cosplaying and eating filet-o-fishes.