President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, even as government agency officials were told that compliance with Musk’s edict was voluntary.

An emboldened Elon Musk is once again directing federal employees to justify their existence in writing — or face dismissal. Musk made his renewed demand in a social media post Monday after President Donald Trump seemed to contradict other senior administration officials and approve the directive that the billionaire initially sent out to workers over the weekend.

A video likely made using artificial intelligence of President Donald Trump kissing the feet of Elon Musk was reportedly playing on a loop in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters Monday morning, as criticism of Musk’s government authority builds.

The video appeared to have been created with the help of artificial intelligence and poked fun at the power dynamic between the two men.

Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence assistant created by his in-house xAI — was instructed by its engineers to censor sources that accuse Musk of being a mass misinformation spreader, according to its own public-facing instructions.