Trump Management Plan Shrinks Government, Curbs ‘Woke’ Programs

December 8, 2025, 5:17 PM UTC

President Donald Trump’s administration will direct agencies to cut jobs, close offices and use artificial intelligence to make the government more efficient, according to a new directive.

Those priorities, outlined in a memo posted Monday by the Office of Management and Budget, indicate Trump’s plans to press forward on the work started by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Many of the goals aren’t new. But by incorporating those objectives into the President’s Management Agenda — required under a 2010 law that seeks to make government more efficient — Trump is charging the budget office with measuring progress ...

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