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.

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.

Just under two weeks of occupying the role of President, Donald Trump has made major money and policy moves. He signed a record number of executive orders on the very day he was inaugurated, and has since terminated all federal DEI programs.

Elon Musk pinned an old post to his X account cheekily recalling his 2022 “Fork in the Road” email to then-Twitter employees, offering the workers of the company he’d just purchased a chance to “be part of the new Twitter” by simply clicking “yes” by the end of the following day.

Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel.

An exuberant Elon Musk received a booming reception from a watch-party audience at Washington's Capital One Arena as he cheered on an incoming Trump administration he helped secure with [massive finan

Former president George W. Bush took the internet by storm during the 2025 Inauguration of President Donald Trump, where the 43rd president seemed to have a playful moment during the proceedings. Probably the only reasonable response to such a speech. 'I could watch this all day,' wrote one X user.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk seems to have inspired the Trump administration’s latest bold move to restructure the federal workforce, a move that mirrors the one he made when he bought Twitter. The Trump administration on Tuesday sent a blunt ultimatum to federal employees.