Elon Musk at the first meeting of President Trump’s Cabinet defended his email demanding all federal workers report their accomplishments to his office, calling it a “pulse check” and saying anyone with a heart beat and neurons could complete it.

Musk said he asked all federal employees to send in emails on their accomplishments as proof people who are collecting paychecks are actually working. Musk has argued his efforts are rooted in eliminating waste and fraud in the government.

He said the email was not a personnel review "but a pulse review" and that anyone who was not dead could answer it.

“There are fictional individuals collecting paychecks,” Musk said of the government, though he did not offer specific evidence that people are fraudulently getting paychecks. “Are they alive and can they write an email?”

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