Musk requires federal employees to report work completed last week
The announcement came hours after Donald Trump called on him to be more "aggressive" in his new position.

Musk at CPAC/Saul Loeb
Elon Musk announced that he will begin asking federal employees for a report detailing work done in recent days. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader expressed on X, where he added that the lack of response to the e-mail would be interpreted as a resignation.
The mogul recently attended the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC), where he went viral for appearing alongside Javier Milei with a giant chainsaw. The president of Argentina brought the chainsaw as a gift for Musk.
"Consistent with President Trump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation," Musk wrote on his X account.
">Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
The post quickly went viral, racking up more than 12 million plays in the first few hours of publication.
As reported by Politico, emails began to arrive hours later with the subject line "What did you do last week?" Specifically, this one asks employees to respond with "about 5 points of what you accomplished last week" and copy their direct supervisor.
Musk announced just hours after Donald Trump prompted him to be more "aggressive" in his new role. "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, to make greater than ever before. MAGA!" the president noted on his Truth Social account, to which the mogul responded as follows:
">Will do, Mr. President! pic.twitter.com/2VMS2wY7mw
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
DOGE announced $55 billion in savings
As they remarked, the achievement is "a combination of fraud detection/elimination, contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, staff reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings."
President Trump said he expects to be able to use some of the money to pay down debt and some to pay back taxpayers.
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