Pentagon leadership instructed employees to “pause” any response to Musk’s team, according to an email from Jules Hurst, the deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.

Cracks may already be showing in the Trump administration, with newly-sworn-in FBI director Kash Patel sending an email to all his department’s employees instructing them to “pause any responses” they may have been working on following Elon Musk’s request that federal employees provide weekly summaries of their accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel sent out correspondence to all departments he is in charge of, ordering them to "pause any responses" being formulated to billionaire Elon Musk's email in which he asks federal employees to justify their jobs.