Those firings won’t get people off the books until the next fiscal year, either. The fired employees, and those who opt in to new rounds of deferred resignations, will be on administrative leave with pay. 

As soon as the courts clear the Executive Branch responsibilities cases, I think there will be a shitstorm of firings, all well deserved. I think the constitution says that the President is solely in charge of the Executive branch and has the powers to do as necessary within the laws. I think some of the laws will be found unconstitutional, just like the district court rulings. 

Rothbardian_fanatic

econ

Trump, DOGE, and the Machiavellians

Something that's going to be important to keep in mind is that all of the federal workers who took deferred resignation (about 75k) are still on the books until the end of the fiscal year. Those will be real savings, but they won't manifest until next year.