Musk’s directive to federal employees to justify their jobs falls flat as the Office of Personnel Management says it's safe to disregard his message.

The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard for passing the test was to type some words and press send!” Musk wrote on X. “Yet so many failed even that inane test, urged on in some cases by their managers.

As Musk and his critics toss around statistics, here are some points to know about how the government spends $6.8 trillion taxpayer money.

Elon Musk is taking his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for a victory lap, touting a new poll that suggests massive support for the Trump administration initiative. The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll revealed a majority of Americans support reducing wasteful government spending.

The savings would come in the form of $5,000 stimulus checks. "Americans deserve a 'DOGE Dividend': 20% the money that DOGE saves should be sent back to hard-working Americans as a tax refund check. It was their money in the first place.