A day after a New York Times report claimed that Donald Trump’s close ally billionaire Elon Musk was due to be briefed on Friday by the Pentagon about the US military’s plan for potential war with China, US President on Friday dismissed the claim, saying that he couldn’t have allowed military’s China plan to be shared with Musk or anyone like him.
Speaking at the Oval Office alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump said, “I don’t want other people seeing, anybody seeing potential war with China. We don’t want to have a potential war with China, but I can tell you, if we did, we’re very well equipped to handle it.”
Trump acknowledged concerns about Musk’s potential access to the plan, given his business interests in China.
“You know, Elon has businesses in China, and he would be susceptible, perhaps, to that, but it was such a fake story,” Trump added.
Hegseth said that Musk was not shown the plan during his visit to the Pentagon earlier in the day.
“Elon Musk is a patriot. Elon Musk is an innovator. Elon Musk provides a lot of capabilities our government and our military rely on, and I’m grateful for that,” The Guardian quoted Hegseth as saying.
Hegseth said that reports suggesting Musk would be shown the plan were meant to “undermine whatever relationship the Pentagon has with” him.
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