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President Donald Trump He said he was not interested in showing the plans of “anyone” how the US would move with China after reporting the New York Times that the SpaceX and Tesla Musk meeting on Friday Pentagon had included details on emergency plans for any war with Beijing.
On Friday, Trump told reporters that Musk met with the Pentagon officials to discuss the initiatives concerning the Ministry of Efficiency of the Government (DOGE) headed.
“We do not want to wage a potential war with China,” Trump said on Friday. “But I can tell you if we did it, we are very well equipped to handle it. But I don’t want to show it. But you would definitely not show that businessman that helps us. He has a great patriot. He has taken a great price for helping us to reduce costs and it does a great job.”
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President Donald Trump shared details about Elon Musk’s meeting in the Pentagon after the announcement of the new f-47 fighter on March 21, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Musk and China can become a conflict of interest, given the Tesla business affairs with China and SpaceX relations with the Pentagon on the military space. And the opponent, like China, details of the US military plans may risk national security and undermine US forces.
But the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset Said a Musk meeting in the Pentagon, focused on dodge, innovation and other ways of promoting efficiency, not China.
“There were no military plans. There were no China’s military plans,” Hugset said at the White House on Friday. “There were no secret plans. This is not what we did in the Pentagon.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset and President Donald Trump (Getti)
Hegseth also announced plans to cancel more than $ 580 million in the Defense Ministry contracts by following the DOGE recommendations.
The New York Times reported In the evening on Thursday, a briefing in Pentagon Moscow provides a presentation with 20-30 slides on how the US will fight China, different Chinese goals to strike, and how the Pentagon will share these plans with Trump.
The Times also reports that the meeting will be held in the so-called tank, a safe conference room registered for joint chiefs, senior employees and visiting commanders.
Defense Minister Pete Hegset said that on March 21, 2025, Elon Musk’s meeting in the Pentagon was linked to the work of a billionaire with the Department of Government Effectiveness. (Reuters/Kent Nishimura/Phote Photo)
The Times report is said Details about China It is possible to share with Musk amid his efforts that lead Dodge and possible cuts by the Ministry of Defense.
The White House refers to the digital Fox -Novin on Trump’s expression when he was asked to comment on the nature of Musk’s briefing.
Trump and Hegset pushed the report on Thursday, and Trump called the report “completely untrue.” HEGSET also said in a report on X that the meeting with the mask primarily affected innovation.
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In response to the post of Hegset Musk replied: “That’s right, I have been in the Pentagon many times years. Not my first time in the building.”
Musk also stated in a separate position that he was looking at “criminal prosecution of those who are in the Pentagon, who are traced with false information in Nyt.”
“They will be found,” he said.
