Trump to fire 2,000 USAID employees as allies tell federal staff to ignore Musk’s DOGE demands: Live
Elon Musk’s ultimatum to federal workers asking them to justify their work or risk losing their jobs is being met with pushback from agency and department heads – even those most loyal to President Donald Trump.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, both Trump allies, instructed workers to ignore Musk’s request.
Hundreds of thousands of employees received an email from Musk requesting they respond with five things they did in the prior week by Monday evening. But many current and former lawmakers have raised questions about the reasonableness and legality of the request.
Officials in the State Department also told employees to disregard the email saying, “No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their department chain of command”.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump mocked those who were criticizing Musk’s email by posting a meme on Truth Social that shows the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants making a list similar to the one Musk requested that includes, “cried about Trump” and “read some emails”.
Musk originally posted. the meme on his X account.
