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 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.
Trump administration offers federal workers payouts for resignations in move mirroring Elon 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'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 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 ...
Elon Musk Looks to Stick a Fork in Federal Government Workers
Around the same time as Musk’s post, hundreds of thousands of federal workers received an email also titled “Fork in the Road ...
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Popular X Account Points Out Suspicious Similarities Between Federal Buyout Email and Infamous Musk Email to Twitter Staff
Users are pointing out the parallels between an email sent to federal employees by Donald Trump's administration and an email ...
Elon Musk Tells Friends He’s Sleeping at the DOGE Offices in DC
In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White ...
Elon Musk blames Don Lemon's 'invasive' interview for cancelling show on X
Musk is trying to get Lemon's lawsuit dismissed in California Superior Court, arguing that the relationship between X and ...
Elon Musk's Platform Labels His Argument 'Objectively False'
A community post on Elon Musk's tweet said: "This is objectively false. Subways have more than 10x the capacity of a road for ...
Former Friend of Elon Musk Says Billionaire 'Believes He Is Above Everyone Else'
In January 2025, a post about tech billionaire Elon Musk, purportedly written by someone who knew him for years, was shared ...
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news impacting the tech industry
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under ...