President Donald Trump is backing Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments or risk getting fired, even as government agency officials were told that compliance with Musk’s edict was voluntary. Just hours after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management had directed agencies that responses to its email demanding a response by Monday were optional, Musk again threatened federal workers in a post on X, his social media platform. He wrote: “Subject to the discretion of the President, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination.” Latest updates: https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/elon-musk-threat-to-fire-federal-employees-mass-email/507-0cd607e6-523c-47d7-a77d-c8df97731f44 Video courtesy CNN. More local videos here: https://bit.ly/2Pa0d1l Subscribe to NEXT: http://bit.ly/2eP1GwI Stay connected: 9NEWS Website: http://www.9news.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news X: https://x.com/9NEWS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9newsdenver/ Download the 9NEWS App: https://www.9news.com/appredirect/ Sign up for the 9NEWSLETTER: https://www.9news.com/email 9NEWS (KUSA) is located in Denver, Colorado.