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They have a lot of respect for Elon, that he's doing this."
He then turned to the room
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What we are trying to get to the bottom of is we think there are a number of people on the payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond,
Musk claimedAnybody unhappy with Elon? If you are, we'll throw them out of here."
With a smirk, Trump addedTo think like, I think that, you know, perhaps, was first interpreted as a performance review, but actually it was a pulse check review. Do you have a pulse? Do you have a pulse and two neurons
said MuskElon, let the cabinet speak just for a second,
Trump saidI'd like to add that those million people that haven't responded, though, Elon, they are on the bubble,
Trump saidWe simply cannot sustain a country with $2tn deficits,
Musk said
Those people are on the bubble as they say, maybe they're gonna be gone,
Trump added
They locked me out of all my systems,
he added
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Everybody is working as one team,
Leavitt told reporters
A lot of agencies weren’t given a heads up, which caused some headaches,
a senior White House official told CNN, notingSubject to the discretion of the president, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination,
he wrote on X late on Monday without setting a new deadline
Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly,
the email saidYou want this to be a traumatic experience for government employees, 30 percent of whom are veterans?”
Lennox said
Our veterans make significant sacrifices in service of our country, but those sacrifices do not seem to matter to President Trump and unchecked billionaire Elon Musk,
DeLauro wrote
My thought process was: This is the VA. We are going to be at the very end of the list. And it might sound kind of selfish, but I thought, I’m a vet. I’m safe,
he told Mother JonesWe will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,
they wrote
I believe that Elon Musk is up to no good. And I believe that any data that he gains access to is going to be used for purposes that are inappropriate and harmful to Americans,
Kamens said‘Move fast and break things’ may be acceptable to someone who owns a business and owns the risk. And if things don’t go well, the damage is compartmentalized. But when you break things in government, you’re breaking things that belong to people who didn’t sign up for that,
said Cordell Schachter, who until last month was the chief information officer at the U.S. Department of TransportationWe swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,
the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press
