Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending.

Democratic governors held a press conference on Tuesday, sounding the alarm on Trump’s threat to Medicaid and signaling a Democratic messaging priority.

Donald Trump has appealed to Elon Musk for more intensive implementation of reforms in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump emphasized that he would like Musk to act "more aggressively" in implementing reforms and cutting spending.

Key federal agencies such as the FBI, State Department and Pentagon have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand that they explain what they accomplished last week or risk losing their job.

Key federal agencies have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk’s demand that they explain what they accomplished last week or risk losing their jobs

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week.

Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.

The billionaire working to strip the federal government of its workforce made the demand after President Donald Trump told him to "GET MORE AGGRESSIVE."

In an X post and email shared Saturday afternoon, Elon Musk told federal employees to list what they had accomplished the prior week or resign.