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Maryam Khanum

Popular X Account Points Out Suspicious Similarities Between Federal Buyout Email and Infamous Musk Email to Twitter Staff

Federal employees received a letter from the Trump administration, entitled "Fork in the Road", on Tuesday in which they were effectively told that they could receive a buyout in exchange for leaving their jobs, or they could continue to work under the Trump administration. (Credit: AFP / ETIENNE LAURENT)

Social media users are pointing out the parallels between an email sent out to federal employees by President Donald Trump's administration in which they are seemingly offered a buyout and an email sent to Twitter employees by Elon Musk's team years ago.

Federal employees received a letter from the Trump administration, entitled "Fork in the Road", on Tuesday in which they were told that they could receive seven months pay in exchange for leaving their jobs, or they could continue to work under the Trump administration. Employees who stayed would have to commit to Trump-era expectations and policies.

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