After a report from the New York Times claimed, based on anonymous sources, that Elon Musk was going to get access to a "top-secret" briefing about a possible war with China, the Trump administration has derided the newspaper and said that the report is false. On Thursday, the outlet released the report, headlined, "Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret US Plan for Potential War With China," and cited two anonymous sources, claiming they were US officials.
President Donald Trump subsequently wrote on Truth Social, "'Elon Musk will be briefed by the Pentagon about the USA’s top secret plans against China should there be a War,' according to the Failing New York Times, one of the worst and most purposely inaccurate newspapers anywhere in the World. Their FAKE concept for this story is that because Elon does some business in China, that he is very conflicted and would immediately go to top Chinese officials and 'spill the beans.'"
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