To date, Musk has been insulated by his proximity to Trump, as well as the impression that he is carrying out the president’s wishes. But the political education of Elon Musk is about to begin.
Musk, who’s leading Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government, stood by the requirement Monday even as confusion spread.
The U.S. Transportation Department told workers they should respond to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday.
Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.
Trump-appointed officials at some government agencies — including the F.B.I., the State Department and the office coordinating America’s intelligence agencies — told their employees not to respond after Elon Musk ordered workers across the federal government to summarize in an email their accomplishments for the week or be removed from their positions.
Elon Musk is already being sued over the ultimatum he issued to federal workers over the weekend. The Associated Press reports that the State Democracy Defenders Fund filed a newly amended lawsuit in a federal court in California on behalf of unions,
President Donald Trump has called on the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, to be "more aggressive." As head of DOGE, Musk has swiftly implemented a series of spending cuts across various federal departments, leading to mass lays offs.
Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.