Trump: Respond To Musk’s Email Or Risk Getting Fired

The Associated Press reports:

President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, an edict that has spawned new litigation and added to turmoil within the government workforce.

“What he’s doing is saying, ‘Are you actually working?’” Trump said in the Oval Office during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. “And then, if you don’t answer, like, you’re sort of semi-fired or you’re fired, because a lot of people aren’t answering because they don’t even exist.”

The Republican president said that Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has found “hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud” as he suggested that federal paychecks are going to nonexistent employees. He did not present evidence for his claims.

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President Trump expressed support for Elon Musk’s email over the weekend demanding that federal workers report what they had accomplished in the last week. Trump claimed it would help find federal workers who aren’t doing their jobs.Several federal agencies have told their… pic.twitter.com/olULWoGG5L

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