" "Failure to respond," Musk wrote in a post on X Saturday, "will be taken as a resignation."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. More: Federal agency investigating Elon Musk's Tesla hit with DOGE layoffs The original email went out to an estimated 2 million federal workers and gave them a deadline of midnight Monday to reply.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Elon Musk is doing "a great job" with DOGE, but he thinks the billionaire could be "more aggressive."

President Donald Trump has called on the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, to be "more aggressive." As head of DOGE, Musk has swiftly implemented a series of spending cuts across various federal departments, leading to mass lays offs.