Fox News’ Jesse Watters Says His Mom Is ‘Upset’ Over DOGE Cuts Affecting His Sister’s Workplace | EUROtoday

Fox News host Jesse Watters mentioned his mother is “upset” after studying that her daughter’s office will probably be impacted by the Department of Government Efficiency, whose purported quest to slash wasteful public spending by dismantling numerous federal companies beforehand earned reward from Watters.

“I just saw some news that [President Donald] Trump took some grants away from Johns Hopkins [University]where my sister works, and now my mom’s upset,” the conservative pundit mentioned Thursday on his “Primetime” present. “She’s texting me, it’s going to be a whole family thing. So we’ll have to deal with that over the weekend.”

The college plans to put off greater than 2,000 staffers following DOGE’s drastic cuts to the United States Agency for International Development, which was set to offer Johns Hopkins with $800 million in funding over the following a number of years.

School president Ronald J. Daniels rued the cuts in an open letter final week.

“Because of these funding terminations, we are in the process of winding down USAID grant-related activities … including impactful work to provide maternal and infant care, prevent the spread of diseases, and provide clean drinking water,” he wrote.

President Donald Trump, pictured within the Oval Office as Elon Musk speaks to the press in February.

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Watters beforehand advocated for DOGE’s huge cuts on his present and criticized Democrats for being too delicate about them. But in February, he mentioned that anyone he is aware of personally was being affected — and complained about it on air.

“He texted me and said, ‘Jesse, this is not good. I’m upset. This is really sad,’” Watters mentioned on the time concerning the particular person, a veteran who had taken a job working on the Pentagon.

“I finally found one person I knew that got DOGE’d, and it hit me in the heart,” Watters mentioned on the time.

Trump was personally moved by February’s on-air plea from Watters, a White House official advised The Atlantic final week, and was reportedly sad with the destructive protection surrounding DOGE, which he personally tasked billionaire Elon Musk to steer.

Despite stories of his dissatisfaction, Trump introduced on his Truth Social platform earlier this month that “DOGE has been an incredible success.”

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On Thursday, a federal choose ordered the Trump administration to reinstate 1000’s of presidency staff who had been fired as a part of DOGE’s sweeping cuts, calling the terminations “unlawful.”

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