WASHINGTON – More than a million federal employees, less than half the government's workforce, responded to Elon Musk's demands to come up with five things they accomplished at work last week, the White House says.
Musk emailed federal workers his dict order on Saturday, giving them a deadline of 11:59pm on Monday, warning X that “a failed response will be considered a resignation.” It reigned and offered the staff a second chance.
“We can announce that there were over a million workers who chose to participate in this very simple task. Again, five bulletins to your direct supervisor or manager. I can send you a message.”
That figure is less than half of the federal workforce of over 2.4 million people, except for active duty military and postal workers. According to Trump administration data.
Musk issued his order after President Trump told the Director of Government Efficiency Director that he was “more offensive” in his efforts to promote the federal government.
Leavitt said the “ideas” sent to federal workers by the billionaire bosses of SpaceX and Tesla, ultimately the responsibility for determining whether employees should send the list to Doge He said he was responsible.
Musk is scheduled to attend Trump's first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but Leavitt stressed that the sole department secretary will ultimately be in charge of the fired workers. Musk's Doge is not an official government department.
After Musk's tweet threatened to fire workers who were not complying with his email, some agent managers quickly told employees not to respond to the order due to national security concerns. I said that.
Personnel Administration officials then sent an email on Monday instructing workers that Musk's order was “voluntary” and not meant being fired from replying.
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But Musk followed up by claiming that federal workers would be given a “second chance” but he said it was for generosity.
“The standard to pass the test was to type in and send a few words. The wealthiest man in the world stayed ironic at X.
“At the president's discretion, they will be given another chance,” he continued in another post. “If the second response fails, a termination occurs.”
Musk's Missib has caused confusion for federal workers who are uncertain whether to track demand from Trump's right-handed Lord's man.
Trump defended the mask and asked federal workers to send five achievements, telling reporters in the Oval Office on Monday:
“What he's doing is saying, 'Are you actually working?' “The president said.
Levitt also said he confronted Musk's instructions and sent along five points about what he did at the press conference.
“I'm doing five things in about 10 minutes. All federal workers should be working at the same pace as President Trump is working and working. We have a country to save money. , we hope that this federal government will meet the needs of the American people,” Leavitt said.
