@chris And thus why you cant rely on media as a source of fact.

The process was elon mailed each department head, and then the department heads had to pass on those emails. The emails federal employees got was largely (with a few exceptions) from their boss on behalf of elon and not directly from Elon.

Again actually working in government (or in my case still having those connections) makes that obvious, he wouldnt even have it.

Attached is an example of what that email looks like, notice who it is from.