Musk wrote he was acting “consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions,” apparently referencing a social media post Trump shared earlier Saturday encouraging the billionaire to be harsher in his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
Trump posted on Saturday morning to Truth Social, his social media platform, commending Musk for doing “A GREAT JOB,” but adding, “I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE.”
It’s a trap. If you don’t respond you get fired. If you respond you compromise yourself: either you didn’t accomplish enough, you worked on something DEI, your project has a weird name and they name and shame, etc etc.