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Trump Asks Cabinet If They're Upset With Musk's Work
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February 26, 2025
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0:29Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump said approximately 1 million federal workers who did not respond to billionaire Elon Musk’s demand to explain their activities are at risk of losing their jobs.
“Those million people that haven’t responded to Elon, they are on the bubble,” the president told reporters on Wednesday during the first Cabinet meeting of his second term. “I wouldn’t say that we’re thrilled about it.”
In the Cabinet meeting, Trump asked secretaries if they were upset with Musk’s work, and jokingly threatened to eject anyone who said yes. The assembled department heads responded by bursting into applause.
Attempts to fire employees for not responding will likely face legal obstacles, including whether workers could be compelled to respond to OPM’s “what did you do last week?” messages under federal privacy laws.
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