A new memo offering "deferred resignation" to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover.
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.
Nothing is more dangerous than getting between JB Pritzker and the buffet table!” Elon Musk wrote from his personal account on the X platform that he owns. X is formerly known as Twitter. Gov. JB Pritzker responded to the message by posting an image of himself purchasing a hot dog at a famous Chicago hot dog stand – the Wieners Circle.
In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.
Users are pointing out the parallels between an email sent to federal employees by Donald Trump's administration and an email sent to Twitter employees.
A community post on Elon Musk's tweet said: "This is objectively false. Subways have more than 10x the capacity of a road for cars. The average capacity of a single roadway is typically ~2,000 passengers per hour while the average capacity of a subway line is closer to 50,000 passengers per hour."
In January 2025, a post about tech billionaire Elon Musk, purportedly written by someone who knew him for years, was shared widely online. Philip Low, a scientist and founder of NeuroVigil, a company that developed a portable brain activity monitor,
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.
A priest has been stripped of his church license after mimicking Elon Musk's 'Nazi salute' at a pro-Trump event. A ring-wing priest from the UK has had his church license taken away after he appeared to copy the controversial movement Elon Musk made during President Donald Trump 's inauguration ceremony on Monday (January 20).
Even so, Mr Ellison remains the world’s fifth-richest man, and Oracle the third-biggest software firm. He has a thing or two to teach fellow tech titans, in particular his friend Elon Musk, about staying power.
In 2002, Elon Musk exited the financial scene after selling PayPal for $1.5 billion, seemingly stepping away from the industry. However, his recent partnership with Visa to integrate payments into X marks a bold return, revealing a deeper strategy behind his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.