President Trump told the Washington Examiner’s Sarah Westwood last month that despite people carping about him not hiring staff for his administration, some vacancies at federal agencies would actually remain unfilled.

“We don’t need so many people coming to work,” Trump said. “When they talk about putting people in, there are so many jobs in Washington. We don’t want so many jobs. You don’t need all of those people.”

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