Musk also escalated Trump's demand for employees to stop working remotely. “Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave,” he posted on X.

The Social Security Administration told employees on Sunday that Elon Musk's email on worker productivity is a chance to highlight "important work."

Musk said in a post on X Saturday that federal employees would "receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week."