Musk To All Feds: Send Email Describing What You Did Last Week, Refusals Will Be Considered As Resignations

The Washington Post reports:

Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to describe what they did last week — as Elon Musk warned on social media that, if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation.

Musk wrote he was acting “consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions,” apparently referencing a social media post Trump shared earlier Saturday encouraging the billionaire to be harsher in his efforts to slash the federal workforce.

Trump posted on Saturday morning to Truth Social, his social media platform, commending Musk for doing “A GREAT JOB,” but adding, “I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE.” Musk’s post to X came about seven hours later, and the emails began going out to federal employees close to 4:30 p.m. Eastern.

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