President Donald Trump and his White House have made it clear where they stand in the debate over Elon Musk’s weekend demand that federal workers list their accomplishments at work or face losing their jobs: firmly behind the Department of Government Efficiency‘s adviser.
Musk’s demand that federal employees report their accomplishments last week resulted in widespread confusion, splitting Trump’s Cabinet and forcing its members to stake out whether they would have their employees comply with the entrepreneur’s mass email. Musk has spurred divisions in the Republican Party before, including on the H-1B visa debate and in a public spat with Steve Bannon.
However, the Trump administration is vigorously defending the tech billionaire’s efforts to purge the federal workforce in the aftermath.
