President Trump cracked a joke utilizing an edited SpongeBob SquarePants meme Sunday to poke enjoyable at outrage over Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees clarify what they did at work final week.
The forty seventh president appeared to sign his approval with Musk and his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) orchestrating an e mail despatched out by the Workplace of Personnel Administration over the weekend that requested staff to listing 5 accomplishments by 11:59 p.m. Monday.
Musk then claimed on X that it could be assumed people who who don’t reply are resigning.
Trump, 78, blasted out a meme that confirmed the favored Nickelodeon character with a pad of paper and pencil as he appeared deep in thought whereas a second pad held by SpongeBob’s buddy, Patrick Star exhibits an edited listing titled “Got Done Last Week.”
The faux listing included “cried about Trump” and “cried about Elon,” in addition to “Made it to the office for once.”
The listing rounds out with “Read some emails” and “cried about Trump and Elon some more.”
Musk shared the identical picture Sunday on X and in a separate publish known as the questions posed to the federal workforce “a very basic pulse check.”
However one union, the American Federation of Authorities Staff, blasted the request in a letter to performing director of the Workplace of Personnel Administration Charles Ezell.
“We believe that employees have no obligation to respond to this unlawful email absent other lawful direction,” wrote AFGE Nationwide President Everett Kelley, who represents 800,000 employees.
Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, who represents Minnesota, known as the e-mail “the ultimate d–k boss move from Musk,” in a social media rant Sunday.
“I bet a lot of people have had an experience like this with a bad boss — there’s an email in your inbox on Saturday night saying, ‘Prove to me your worthiness by Monday or else.’ I’m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire a–hole bosses,” she wrote.
Some company leaders have instructed their staffers to not reply, together with on the FBI, Division of Protection and the State Division.
