2/23/2025–|Last update: 2/23/202511:18 AM (Mecca time)
The administration of US President Donald Trump sent e -mail messages to employees of the US federal government yesterday evening, asking them to provide details tomorrow, Monday, the achievements they achieved in their work the previous week, or they will risk losing their jobs.
The messages came shortly after Illon Musk, in charge of the government efficiency committee in the Trump Administration – on the X platform – published that the failure to respond to the attached request in electronic messages will be seen as a resignation.
“In line with President Donald Trump’s instructions, all federal employees will soon receive an email asking them to clarify what they accomplished last week,” said Musk – on his own X. He added: “Failure to respond will be considered a resignation.”
The Mask Publisher came just hours after the US President said – on his own social network, Truth Social – that the government efficiency committee should be more striking in its efforts to reduce the number of federal government employees and reshape the workforce at the federal level.
“Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him to act more boldly … remember, we have a country that must be saved.”
Trump had appointed a mask responsible for the Ministry of Governmental efficiency to reduce public spending.
Email messages ask employees to respond with 5 brief points, summarizing “what you accomplished at work last week” and reports to their superiors.
The legal basis
It was not clear what is the legal basis on which Musk is based on the layoff of federal employees if they did not respond to his request and what will happen to employees who cannot provide details about the nature of their work when it is secret.
The main union of federal employees has promised to challenge any “illegal” end of work contracts.
“Once again, Elon Musk and Trump’s administration showed their absolute contempt for federal employees and the basic services they provided to the American people,” union president Evere Kelly said in a statement.
Employees of Agence France Presse confirmed that they had received advice from their agencies not to respond to this email, pending more instructions.
For nearly a month, Musk has been leading a campaign that led to the disbursement of large groups of federal employees, and in the latest exchange operations announced on Friday, the US Department of Defense will decrease its civil working power by at least 5% as of next week. The Trump administration also started separating other federal employees and workers who were in a test position.
The Ministry of Governmental Efficiency “Dog”, which is run by Musk, is an entity that has the authority to all federal sectors. While the campaign to reduce government spending was met with opposition reactions and a package of counter -judicial rulings.