Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, was set to meet with Trump Oct. 1, 2025, to discuss cuts to the government under the shutdown. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"And the president trusts his Cabinet secretaries to identify where there is waste, fraud and abuse. We pointed out this morning — or Russ Vought tweeted about this morning — a Chicago rail project that was canceled," Leavitt said. "We paused $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, specifically the Red line extension and the Red and Purple modernization projects, and it's because the administration is concerned that the Biden administration was handing out taxpayer dollars to pay for this construction based on DEI."
The Department of Transportation "is reviewing the race-based contracting on unconstitutional grounds," she said. "And in the meantime, the Department of Transportation funds for these projects are on hold. So I guess this answers both of your questions. This would be an example of that."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed about President Donald Trump seemingly changing his campaign position on Project 2025 amid the government shutdown. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE DEMANDS AGENCIES MAP OUT MASS LAYOFFS AHEAD OF POTENTIAL SHUTDOWN
"I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent," Trump posted on Thursday, setting of renwewd criticsms of Project 2025.
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Leavitt's comments come as Trump and OMB map out a plan to roll out layoffs and cut government programs amid the government shutdown.
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