Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., told Newsmax on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is doing “the hard thing” of making cuts across the federal government to reduce the size of the bureaucracy.

“President Trump is doing what he said he’s going to do, and that is to shrink the size of government, to start to reduce spending,” Daines said on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “It’s important whether you’re running a business, whether you’re running the government, you always have to be looking for ways to become more efficient.

“You know, when’s the last time we’ve seen any cuts at all in federal spending or in the number of heads within the federal government? And President Trump is finally delivering on that.”

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