ELON MUSK’s ultimatum expires so that federal employees justify their work

The 48 -hour ultimatum imposed by Elon Musk, the right hand of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, so that federal employees justify their job beat this Tuesday in the middle of a great controversy and opposition within several government agencies.

Hundreds of thousands of public workers had until last midnight to respond to an email sent on Saturday in which they had to detail the tasks they carried out in the last week, at the risk of being fired.

This is the latest Musk strategy, in charge of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) to cut public spending, an effort that has collided with the opposition of the heads of several agencies, such as the FBI or the State Department.

But Trump on Monday gave a support to Musk to call his new idea before the «great» press.

Elon Musk: «If you don’t answer, they are fired»

«There are people who are not going to work or that nobody knows even if they work or not in the government,» said the president. If they don’t answer, they are fired, «he added.

The richest man in the world did not hide his satisfaction and on the X platform, his social network, he thanked the president for the back received.

Musk himself threatened to throw all federal employees who do not respond to the mail to the street: «The lack of response will be considered as a resignation,» he warned.

However, many federal employees found themselves in a complex situation, since they also received messages from their supervisors or the unions that recommended ignoring email, which according to some legislators could be illegal.

Agencies ask not to answer the message

The FBI, the State Department, the Pentagon or the Department of National Security (DHS, in English), among others, asked their workers not to respond to the message, arguing that the heads of these agencies are responsible for assessing the performance of Your employees.

The controversial mail, sent by the Government Personnel Office (OPM) under the title «What did you do last week?», Asked employees to answer before the last midnight with five «achievements» achieved in their job.

The message asked not to send any kind of classified information, links or attached documents.

This initiative is a new demonstration of the broad power that Musk has acquired within the new Trump administration, which has generated the rejection of public employees, unions and the opposition of the Democratic Party, which denounces lack of transparency and control of the activities of the activities of the activities of the tycoon.

Musk has dismantled the Agency for International Development (USAID) for now, has frozen the humanitarian aid of the United States and offered compensation to public employees to encourage their resignation, at the risk of being fired equally if they did not accept it.

Although Musk has been awarded the merit of all these initiatives, the White House denied before a court that he is the legal responsible for the Doge, in response to a lawsuit of several prosecutors against the power that the tycoon has