President Donald Trump said he was not interested in showing “anyone” plans to visit a dispute with China after a New York Times report that Space X and Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk’s meeting on Friday in the Pentagon meeting with Beijing on Friday.
Trump told reporters on Friday that Musk met with Pentagon officials to discuss the government’s performance (DOGE) measures that could be offered to a muscle.
“We don’t want to fight China,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Friday. “But I can tell you what we have done, we are very well equipped to handle it. But I don’t want to show anyone. But, of course, you will not show him a businessman who is helping us a lot. He is a great patriot.
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After announcing a new F-47 fighter jet plans on March 21, 2025, President Donald Trump shared details about the Elon Musk meeting in the Pentagon. (Carlos Baria/Reuters)
Given Space X’s relations with Tesla’s business affairs and military space capabilities with China, can prove to be a conflict with canal and China interests. And the details of the US military’s combat plans like China could jeopardize national security and damage US forces.
But the Secretary of Defense Pat Hegsit said that the Musk meeting in the Pentagon is focused around other ways to advance, innovation and performance, not China.
“There was no war plan,” Hegsit said in the White House on Friday. There was no Chinese war plan. ” “There was no secret plan. This is not what we were doing in the Pentagon.”
Secretary for Defense Pat Hegsit and President Donald Trump (Getty)
Following the degree recommendations, Hagsit also announced plans to cancel more than 80 580 million in the Defense Department’s contracts on Thursday.
New York Times reported On Thursday evening, when the Pentagon briefing of Musk will include a presentation with 20-30 slides, the United States will compete with China, to strike various Chinese goals, and how the Pentagon will share these projects with Trump.
The Times also reported that the meeting will be in the so -called tank, which is a safe conference room for joint chiefs, senior staff and fighter commanders.
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Secretary Defense Pete Hegsit said on March 21, 2025, that Elon Musk’s meeting in the Pentagon was related to billionaire work with the government’s performance. (Reuters/Kent Natimura/File Photo)
The Times report states that details about China can be shared with the Musk and during their efforts, their efforts in the Defense Department and during their efforts and possible deductions.
The White House handed over Fox News Digital to Trump’s remarks when asked to comment on the nature of Musk’s briefing.
Trump and Hegsith pushed back the report on Thursday, calling the report “completely invalid”. Hegsit also said in a post on X that meeting with Musk would be primarily on innovation.
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In response to Hagsith’s post, Musk replied, “Of course, I have been to the Pentagon several times for many years. Not for the first time in the building.”
Musk also said in a separate post that he was “looking forward to legalizing against those in the Pentagon who was maliciously leaking misinformation to NYT.”
“They will meet,” he said.
