Did Donald Trump's administration tell Elon Musk that he has stepped over the line? Here's what reports are saying
Elon Musk’s team at DOGE has led US president Donald Trump's administration to weigh in on the controversy, with reports suggesting that the president may have indirectly put Musk in his place, reported Futurism.
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The controversy started when Musk's team emailed almost all federal workers over the weekend, demanding to provide a bullet-point summary of their activities from the previous week or risk getting terminated, reported Futurism. The plan, as revealed, was to feed these responses into an AI chatbot to determine which jobs were deemed «necessary.»
White House pushback
DOGE's action led the White House advising federal agency heads to «ignore the public decree from Elon Musk to effectively fire employees who do not send in bullet-point summaries of their work last week,» as reported by The Washington Post.
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However, president Trump himself didn’t exactly align with the administration’s directive. At a Monday evening press conference, Trump seemed to support Musk’s approach, calling the email “great” and arguing that it was necessary to ensure federal workers are accountable, reported Futurism. Trump said, «We have people that don’t show up to work, and nobody even knows if they work for the government,” as quoted by Futurism.
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