Twitter, Musk and Trump

Trump cribs Musk’s “fork in the road” Twitter memo to slash gov’t workforce
Echoing Elon Musk's approach to thinning out Twitter's staff in 2022, Donald Trump's plan to significantly slash the government workforce now, for a limited time only, includes offering resignation buyouts.
Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.
Trump’s Federal Buyout Memo Has Echoes of Musk’s 2022 Twitter Purge
A new memo offering "deferred resignation" to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover.
Did Elon Musk write the 'Fork in the Road' memo for Trump's 'deferred resignation' offer to federal workers?
Federal employees have been sent a government meno informing them that they will receive eight months' pay if they choose to resign. Elon Musk's design was seen in the move as he did the same when he took over Twitter.
Trump admin offers payouts for resignations in move mirroring Musk's memo at Twitter
The Trump administration offered an ultimatum to some federal employees asking them to choose if they want to resign in a pitch that echoes Elon Musk's moves at Twitter.
Trump Offers Federal Workers a Buyout to Quit. Why It Echoes Musk’s Twitter Playbook.
President Donald Trump has told federal workers to either return to the office or quit. It looks like Elon Musk’s strategy when he bought Twitter. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management made all federal employees a deferred resignation offer Tuesday as it ramps up its return-to-office push.
Donald Trump's federal buyout email bears striking similarities to Musk X purge email
President Donald Trump's offer to buyout federal employees appears to be taking the lead of Elon Musk's playbook for overhauling in X in 2023.
Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is ...
Déjà Vu: Elon Musk Takes His Twitter Takeover Tactics to Washington
Federal agencies have offered exits to millions of employees and tested the prowess of engineers — just like when Elon Musk ...
The ‘Muskification’ of the federal government is in full swing
In November 2022, days after Elon Musk took control of the company then called Twitter, employees received an email with the ...
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From Elon Musk To Future Implications: Examining Trump’s Deferred Resignation ‘Fork In The Road’ Email
Just under two weeks of occupying the role of President, Donald Trump has made major money and policy moves. He signed a ...
Did Elon Musk write the federal worker buyout email?
The buyout offer that just went out to millions of US federal workers has the subject line, “Fork in the Road,” which is the ...
Elon Musk Looks to Stick a Fork in Federal Government Workers
Elon Musk pinned an old post to his X account cheekily recalling his 2022 “Fork in the Road” email to then-Twitter employees, ...
Shadows of Musk in the Government’s Buyouts Plan
President Trump’s chief cost-cutter cheered an effort to persuade federal workers to quit — in a fashion that closely ...
Musk's Words Worth Revisiting for Feds Pondering Offer to Leave
The biggest thing worth remembering about the “deferred resignation” offers that went out to most federal employees on ...