Trump dismisses NYT's report Musk will be briefed on top-secret plan on China

President Trump of Friday responded to a New York Times story that stated Trump administration appointee and billionaire businessman Elon Musk will be briefed on top-secret plan on China.

"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," Trump posted Friday morning on Truth Social, following the publishing of The Times' story. 

"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.' RATINGS CHALLENGED FAKE NEWS CNN immediately picked up on this absolutely ridiculous and false story, which is probably libelous, and went heavy with it. 

According to the Times, Musk would be briefed on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, which would give him access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets. 

The report also says Musk, part of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, had an 80-minute meeting on Friday at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth declined to share what the two talked about.

"Fortunately, nobody was watching! Maggot Hagerman, the really dumb 'scammer' who constantly writes about me for the Times, using anonymous, made up (nonexistent!) sources, and who I haven’t spoken to in ages, is a big part of the Scam. She lead the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, only to realize that she was duped and got it wrong. She owes me a totally discredited Pulitzer Prize for her bad reporting," Trump continued in his post. "The Fake News is the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE…And Elon is NOT BEING BRIEFED ON ANYTHING CHINA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR!!!"