'Respond or else' - the now notorious email asking all US Government workers to say in five bullet points what they did over the last week is causing chaos. Elon Musk has said a failure to respond will be taken as a resignation but leaders of various Government departments are telling staff not to respond. Danielle also talks about the fight to control executive agencies within the Government and President Trump's blaming of Ukraine for Russia's invasion.
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk arrives for the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda on 20 January, 2025. Photo: AFP/ Chip Somodevilla
Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.
