That's true, in one way. The 10,000 to 20,000 jobs affected by this freeze pale in comparison to the federal government's total workforce of 2.2 million.
But Trump's just getting started. His memo instructs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to come up with a broader long-term plan for reducing the federal workforce through attrition. And Trump's choice for that job, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, is a far-right Republican who's been fighting to cut the federal government for years.
This freeze is a bad idea, but there will be more where this came from.
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