Donald Trump has urged Elon Musk to “get more aggressive” after all federal workers received the same email earlier this week.In a post on X, Trump wrote: “Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive.”Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately, we must make it greater than ever before. MAGA!”In response, Musk said: “Will do, Mr. President!”People were confused by the tweet, with one person commenting: “Why did he have to put that out on social media instead of just talking to you, Elon?”Another added: “MORE AGGRESSIVE!?”And a third added: “Take it easy. Give people time to process!”On Saturday (February 22), Musk—who heads the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—announced that federal workers had received an email asking them to account for their work over the past week or resign.Writing on X, he said that workers would “shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.””Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” he added.

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The government’s HR agency, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), confirmed the email was legitimate in a statement to CBS.”As part of the Trump administration’s commitment to an efficient and accountable federal workforce, OPM is asking employees to provide a brief summary of what they did last week by the end of Monday, CC’ing their manager,” the statement read.”Agencies will determine any next steps.”According to the BBC, employees were asked to list their accomplishments in five bullet points.In response, Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said: “Once again, Elon Musk and the Trump administration have shown their utter disdain for federal employees and the critical services they provide to the American people.”On Sunday (February 23), Musk said that “a large number of responses have been received already,” adding that “these are the people who should be considered for promotion.””The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for the government are doing so little work that they are not checking their email at all!” he added.”In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks. In other words, there is outright fraud.”Speaking about cuts, Trump told crowds at the Conservative Political Action Conference: “We’re removing all of the unnecessary, incompetent, and corrupt bureaucrats from the federal workforc”We want to make government smaller and more efficient,” he added. “We want to keep the best people, and we’re not going to keep the worst people.”