President Trump claimed late Thursday that tech billionaire Elon Musk was described at a future meeting at the Pentagon about a potential war plan related to China, calling the concept “not entirely true.”
“Fake news exists again, this time the failed New York Times. They accidentally said that Elon Musk will go to the Pentagon tomorrow to explain a potential “war with China.” How ridiculous is it? “Trump I wrote it On his true social platform.
“China will not even be mentioned or discussed,” he continued. “How dishonorable it would be that an untrusted media can make up for such a lie. Anyway, the story is not entirely true!!”
Trump added to a Subsequent posts The Times “The false concept of this story is that Elon is doing some kind of business in China, so he is very contradictory and will soon go to Chinese officials and “spill the beans.”
“Elon has not been explained about China by the Ministry of War!!!”
Trump responded to the report New York Timescites administration officials, saying the conference will focus on US-China relations.
The Chinese War Plan consists of about 20-30 slides laying out how the US will fight in the event of a conflict, the Times reported. He also added that from threat warnings from Beijing, it includes a timeline to various options for the target, hit the best time to reach the optimal time to implement these plans and will later be presented to the President.
Pentagon spokesman Steve Parnell also rejected the report. In the post Social Platform X.
“This is 100% fake news. It's just brave, malicious and wrong,” he wrote. “Elon Musk is a patriot. We are proud to be in the pentagon.”
The development comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegses met with Musk on Friday to discuss “innovation, efficiency, smarter production.” According to Associated Press.
Musk has been in the hot seat ever since he advised the controversial work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to review the federal government and cut its workforce. His presence at various official events, including the first meeting of Trump's Cabinet, raised eyebrows about how much influence he has had on the president.
Hegseth announced earlier on Thursday that the Pentagon had cancelled more than $580 million in grants and contracts deemed “wasteful spending.” Those cuts were part of the administration's work with Musk and Doge, and the program was deemed “inconsistent” with Trump's priorities, he said.
“In other words, they're not making good use of taxpayer dollars,” the secretary said.I said it in the videoPosted on X.
The cut comes days after senior defense officials told reporters that the Department of Defense intends to cut employment of 50,000 to 60,000 civilians through voluntary resignations in the coming months. Officials say the pentagon does not replace workers who choose to leave.
Trump and Hegses, allies of Kudji's Voices, are expected to make joint remarks from the White House on Friday.
