Trump Says Musk’s Email To Federal Workers Is “ingenious”

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Federal workers spent Monday trying to figure out how – or even whether – to respond to Elon Musk’s weekend email blast telling them to explain their work last week or risk losing their job. A day of confusing and often contradictory guidance left many federal workers still unclear ultimately how to handle Musk’s request. Some were told to comply, others were advised not to, and still others were awaiting instructions from their agency’s leaders until late in the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.4	slash UK slash AI for people. Well, tonight, the midnight deadline for federal workers to
1:21.8	justify their jobs to Elon Musk via email. But is it actually a deadline? And what happened if they don't respond?
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