Thing is, yes, but the problem with being sneaky and too clever for your own good is that the 'sneaky' tactic gets the short term win but comes at a price.

The biggest price to be paid is legitimacy. They're playing with authority and gravitas they absolutely have not earned. To have the president come out and spew this drivel, but then to have the Department of Labor be the hitman?

The presidency looks so stupidly weak right now. He can't even do his own business that he declares out in the open! Where everyone can see! This is a huge put up or shut up moment. If he makes these threats, and then just.. dithers, or blusters, or shouts and expects the media to fight this battle for him? What does that say about the office he occupies? That's supposed to be the chair for the most powerful man in the world?

It won't just be people and governors in the red states thinking about whether to call his bluff or not. The world is watching, too.

Hopefully your company has some moral fiber. The silver lining is the impossibility of enforcement if enough businesses and individuals flip the feds the bird, but, yes, there probably will be a lot of companies who let people go and then wonder how all the work is going to get done. Whatever happens, trust your gut and be ready to change things up with work if you have to. Best of luck either way.