‘Ignore’: Trump admin as Musk’s mail to ‘terminate’ US govt employees who do not justify work creates confusion, chaos

Trump, without presenting any evidence, claimed that Musk led DOGE has found “hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud” suggesting that federal paycheques were going to non-existent employees.

Subject to the discretion of the President, they will be given another chance.

Failure to respond a second time will result in termination. https://t.co/04xzgScXfj

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2025

The Office of Personnel Management, US agency that oversees federal employees, said on Monday that the workforce are not required to respond to an email by Musk that required them to summarize their work or face losing their jobs, the deadline of which is 11:59 pm EST Monday.

Meanwhile, Musk in a series of posts on X said “The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send! Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers.”

The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send!

Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers.

Have you ever witnessed such INCOMPETENCE and CONTEMPT for how YOUR TAXES are… https://t.co/QjSmY4ezpg

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 24, 2025

Threatening the federal employees with a possible termination, Musk said “Subject to the discretion of the president, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination.”

However, the Trump administration officials have reportedly said that they can “ignore” the public decree from Musk to provide summaries of their work done last week, reported Washington Post. The conflicting directives to the federal workforce have led to a situation of chaos and confusion.