{"id":22534,"date":"2025-02-24T04:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22534"},"modified":"2025-02-24T04:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:08:51","slug":"donald-trump-instructs-elon-musk-to-get-more-aggressive-in-bizarre-post-amid-sending-all-federal-employees-the-same-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22534","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump instructs Elon Musk to &#8216;get more aggressive&#8217; in bizarre post amid sending all federal employees the same email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>Donald Trump has instructed Elon Musk to &#8216;get more aggressive&#8217; after all federal workers received the same email earlier this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In a post on X,\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/donald-trump\">Trump<\/a>\u00a0wrote: &#8220;Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Remember, we have a country to save but ultimately, to make greater than ever before. MAGA!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In response, Musk said: &#8220;Will do, Mr. President!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">People were confused over the\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/twitter\">tweet<\/a>, with one person commenting: &#8220;Why\u2019d he have to put that out on social media instead of just talking to you, Elon?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">While another said: &#8220;MORE AGGRESSIVE!?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">And a third added: &#8220;Take it easy. 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class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Trump told Musk to be &#8216;more aggressive&#8217; (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/politics\">government<\/a>&#8216;s HR agency, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed the email was legitimate in a statement to CBS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;As part of the Trump administration&#8217;s commitment to an efficient and accountable federal workforce, OPM is asking employees to provide a brief summary of what they did last week by the end of Monday, CC&#8217;ing their manager,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Agencies will determine any next steps.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">According to the\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/bbc\">BBC<\/a>, employees were asked to list their accomplishments in five bullet points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In response, Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees said: &#8220;Once again, Elon Musk and the Trump Administration have shown their utter disdain for federal employees and the critical services they provide to the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A large number of good responses have been received already. These are the people who should be considered for promotion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rc8sGBLemU\">https:\/\/t.co\/Rc8sGBLemU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1893530756602847340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On Sunday (February 23), Musk said that &#8216;a large number of responses have been received already&#8217; explaining that &#8216;these are the people who should be considered for promotion&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for the government are doing so little work that they are not checking their email at all!&#8221; He added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks. 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