Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union, argued the email demonstrates Trump and Musk’s ‘utter disdain’ for government workers.
The email sent shockwaves through a federal workforce already reeling from an array of orders from the Trump administration, including the recent termination of thousands of employees on probationary status, a deferred resignation offer that many viewed as questionable and a requirement to return to the office full time, among others.]
According to the New York Times, the latest ultimatum from Musk was received by workers at the State Department, the FBI, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Veterans Affairs Department among several others.
In a little over a month since Donald Trump returned to the White House, his team – named the Department of Government Efficiency, though it is not an official federal agency – has made sweeping cuts in several key bodies.
?Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump?s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,?
