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Trump tells unpaid TSA staff ‘GO TO WORK’ during DHS shutdown: ‘I promise that I will never forget you!!!’
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026
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As much as I hate the orange bastard, he did actually pay some of the traffic controllers that worked during the shutdown a while back $10k each.
With the caveat of needing "perfect attendance" during the shutdown, resulting in only 776 of the 20,000+ traffic controlers qualifying for it.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-faa-air-traffic-controllers-371e333904b6726d69c4dad731196e82