In a surprising twist, after Elon Musk's directive for federal workers to submit bullet-point summaries of their weekly tasks caused widespread backlash, Trump's administration advised agency heads to disregard the email. This intervention marks a shift in the previously close relationship between Musk and Trump, revealing boundaries even within their apparent alliance. Trump praised the email's intent, claiming it addressed government employee accountability; however, Musk publicly grapples with this contradiction, expressing frustration over workers failing to respond to what he deemed a simple request.
The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send! Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers.
I thought [the email] was great, because we have people that don't show up to work and nobody even knows if they work for the government.
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