ELON MUSK THREATENS FBI AGENTS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WITH FORCED RESIGNATION IF THEY DON'T RESPOND
Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59 pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week, as Elon Musk is once again leaving his fingerprints on official communications from the federal government. In an email to staff Saturday afternoon, Musk told employees to send five bullet points detailing what they accomplished last week and cc their manager. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation," Musk wrote. The move has raised concerns about the boundaries between personal and professional life for public servants.
- This unprecedented request from a private citizen to government employees could be seen as a thinly veiled attempt to exert influence over the functioning of critical institutions, raising questions about the limits of executive power.
- What might happen if a large number of federal employees were to respond with their accomplishments in this manner, and how would it impact the day-to-day operations of these agencies?