The billionaire adviser to the president spoke at the beginning of the meeting with the heads of agencies such as the state department and Pentagon.

More than a million federal employees complied with Elon Musk’s directive to list five accomplishments in the past week, according to the White House. “I can announce that we had more than one million workers who have chosen to participate in this very simple task of again sending five bullet points to your direct supervisor

Trump claimed Monday that any agencies saying not to respond to the email were doing it "in a friendly manner."