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Musk Threatens to Fire Federal Workers Who Don’t Reply to Next Email
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February 25, 2025
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0:22Now PlayingElon Musk said that federal workers will be given a second opportunity to respond to a government-wide email detailing what they did last week, and threatened to fire any employee who doesn’t meet his demands.
But the federal agency that sent that email said Monday that it’s up to agency leadership — not Musk — what happens to those who ignore the message.
The dueling directives extended the confusion over the “What did you do last week?” email hours before the midnight deadline to reply. Musk, the billionaire and special government employee who’s leading President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting effort known as the Department of Government Efficiency, doubled down Monday.
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