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Trump promised to “drain the swamp.” The DOGE-led cuts hit more than that.

By · · Updated August 6, 2026

DOGE slashed nearly 400,000 federal jobs, and not just in D.C., data shows

Trump promised to slash federal administrative bloat in 2025. He cut tens of thousands of jobs in rural states along the way.

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Employees sort and process mail at the IRS processing facility in Austin, Texas, in September 2024. At least 2,000 Texas Treasury Department employees — more than 20% of the personnel — have lost their jobs since Trump took office, according to federal data.Brandon Bell / Getty Images file

After retaking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump promised to eliminate wasteful spending in Washington and “drain the swamp” by cutting the size of the federal bureaucracy.

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