During the meeting, Musk said government employees would soon receive another email about their work — and doubled down on his promise that failure to respond could jeopardize their jobs. That follows the controversial email sent over the weekend asking employees to reply with “five things” they did the week before,

At the first meeting of Trump's cabinet, Musk said he aims to cut the $6.7 trillion budget by $1 trillion this year, an ambitious target that could entail significant disruption of government programs.