President Donald Trump warned federal employees that if they don’t respond to an email saying what they do for work, they will be fired.

An email was sent out by the Department of Government Efficiency, led by tech mogul Elon Musk, asking federal employees to list five things they have accomplished in the past week, though many department heads told employees not to answer it.

“We have people who don’t show up to work, and nobody even knows if they work for the government, so by asking the question, ‘Tell us what you did this week,’ what [Elon’s] doing is saying, ‘Are you actually working?'” Trump said while sitting with French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron. “If you don’t answer … you’re fired.”

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