WASHINGTON, D.C. — America's new golden age came screeching to an unexpected halt today, as news broke that President Donald Trump had been fired for forgetting to reply to Elon Musk's email.

Trump reportedly missed the deadline to respond to the email from the Department of Government Efficiency requiring all federal employees to list five things they worked on last week. Despite Trump accomplishing an impressive list of tasks, he failed to reply to the email.

"A rule is a rule," Musk said when asked by reporters to comment on Trump's abrupt departure. "He was the one who signed off on the idea. Any government employee who did not respond to the email with what they accomplished within the allotted time was to be terminated. Presidents are not immune. It's unfortunate for his second term to come to an end this way, but we simply cannot afford to make any exceptions. The United States wishes Mr. Trump well in his future endeavors."

President Trump, though disappointed, understood the decision. "We had a great run," he said to reporters as he left the White House. "I thought for sure I had sent the email, but I apparently left it open on my phone without hitting "send," do you believe it? A killer. What a killer. My son distracted me with a meme, unfortunately. It was a meme. A pretty good one, but not great. And now we're fired. How do you like that? It's sad."

At publishing time, Trump had called Vice President JD Vance "Elon's Pet" in a Truth Social post after learning Vance had replied to the email and kept his job.

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