President Trump voiced support for Elon Musk's demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments or risk getting fired.

Elon Musk's order to U.S. government workers to justify their jobs opened divisions in President Donald Trump's administration, as some agencies told workers to respond to the chainsaw-wielding billionaire by Monday night and others said to ignore him.

The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk to summarize their accomplishments.

The missive is just the latest way in which Mr Musk’s war on waste and fraud in government risks descending into farce. Two days before, he appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference with Javier Milei,

Senator Susan Collins of Maine raised concerns about how DOGE-driven firings of federal employees may impact her home state.

The entrepreneur is working with President Donald Trump to assert White House control over the sprawling federal workforce.