The billionaire Illon Musk – who was chosen by US President Donald Trump to eliminate what he says was a government – yesterday, Monday, threatened to expel federal employees if they did not comply with his demand to explain their job tasks even after the Trump administration said they were not forced to do so.
The US agency supervising federal employees said on Monday that they could ignore an email message sent by a mask this week, in which he asked them to explain their jobs, threatening them to lose their jobs.
The message raised great confusion in various federal government agencies, and raised questions about the extent of the powers owned by the richest person in the world within the American administration.
Mask’s message from the 2.3 million civil service employees requested a summary of 5 points for their work by 11:59 pm EST (04:59 GMT).
But as the deadline for the response approached, Musk seemed to admit the failure of his plan. Trump chose the billionaire mask to take over government competence management, and assigned him to work radically reduce the size of the government.
“The email request was completely simple, as the criterion for passing the test was to write some words and press the send button! However, many failed to pass this trivial test at the instigation of their managers in some cases,” Makek wrote on his account on his X platform.
“According to the president’s discretion, they will receive another opportunity. And not to respond for the second time will end their service,” Mask added.
The White House has not yet responded to the request to comment on Musk’s comments.
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Surprising message
It was not clear whether Mask was aware of the directives of the Personnel Management Office issued earlier yesterday, Monday, which informs human resources officials in the federal agencies that the employees will not be demobilized to not respond to the Mask Mail email, and that the employees are not required to respond to it.
The memorandum stated that the response to the email is voluntary. The employees have also been urged not to share secret or sensitive information in their responses, which is anxious criticism of Mask’s behavior.
Even after this directive was issued, some agencies urged their employees to respond.
According to a source, a senior manager in the Public Services Department, which runs the federal buildings, told employees that the agency still encourages workers to respond to the email even if it is voluntary.
The Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services advised the employees that if they choose the response, their responses should be in general and refrain from specifying the specified contracts on which they work, according to an email message seen by Reuters.
“Suppose that what you write will be seen by malicious foreign parties and write your response accordingly,” it said.
The Treasury was also instructed its employees to comply with the request of a mask by midnight, adding that the response “will not be difficult and does not take a long time,” according to the French Press Agency.
Two sources familiar with the situation stated that the message of Musk, which he sent last Saturday, was surprised by some US administration officials.
What was more confused is Trump’s support for a mask, as he told reporters at the White House on Monday, “I think it’s great. There is a lot of genius in a mask. We are trying to know if people are working.”
The Republican President added that the “Ministry of Government Efficiency”, which was founded by Musk, discovered “hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud,” noting that federal salaries are paid to employees who are not present, but he did not provide any evidence of his allegations.
Lawyers representing unions, companies and groups concerned with the affairs of the old warriors and environmental protection filed an updated lawsuit before a federal court in California on Monday, accusing mask of violating the law by threatening him with a collective dismissal of employees, according to the German news agency.
More than 20 thousand employees were discharged as part of the government size reduction efforts.
