Donald Trump, Elon Musk’s deferred resignation program for federal employees blocked: Here’s what happened
February 6, 2025
About 40,000 of the approximately 2.3 million employees eligible for the buyout offer have accepted it, according to NBC News and The Washington Post—after a figure of around 20,000 was reported a day earlier. CNN reported that Trump was planning a mass layoff of those employees who did not take the buyout.
