{"id":16041,"date":"2025-04-18T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=16041"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:00:37","slug":"what-the-fk-is-elon-doing-there-trump-fumes-over-secret-china-war-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=16041","title":{"rendered":"\u201dWhat the f**k is Elon doing there?\u201d \u2013 Trump fumes over secret China war briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A top-secret Pentagon meeting meant to brief Elon Musk on the United States\u2019 military plans in the event of war with China was suddenly shut down \u2014 and it turns out the order came straight from Donald Trump himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to an explosive report from Axios, the classified meeting was derailed after The New York Times leaked its existence on March 20, triggering an intense wave of backlash inside the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musk, who had been invited to receive information far beyond his clearance level, found himself at the center of a major controversy.<\/p>\n

Trump, furious behind closed doors, reportedly barked to his staff:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the f**k is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn\u2019t go,\u201d Trump said, according to\u00a0Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The secret China briefing that wasn\u2019t<\/h2>\n

Originally,\u00a0Musk<\/a>\u00a0was set to meet with Defense Secretary\u00a0Pete Hegseth<\/a>\u00a0and other Pentagon officials for a sensitive national security briefing that would outline how the U.S. might engage in conflict with China.<\/p>\n

But the plan raised red flags inside the administration, especially given Musk\u2019s deep financial ties to China through Tesla \u2014 an issue that has long made officials uneasy. While Musk is a key defense contractor via SpaceX, his unique straddle between American military contracts and Chinese business interests caused alarm.<\/p>\n

\u201cPOTUS still very much loves Elon,\u201d one official told Axios, \u201cbut there are some red lines. Elon has a lot of business in China and he has good relations there, and this briefing just wasn\u2019t the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s public denial \u2014 but private fury<\/h2>\n

After the\u00a0Times leak<\/a>, Trump publicly dismissed the story as \u201cfake news,\u201d posting on Truth Social late at night:<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential \u2018war with China.\u2019 How ridiculous? \u2026 The story is completely untrue!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

But Axios reports that by the time Trump made that post, he had already ordered the briefing to be canceled.<\/p>\n

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Musk still showed up at the Pentagon the next day for a watered-down meeting with Hegseth \u2014 one in which China was not even discussed.<\/p>\n

Yet Trump couldn\u2019t help but show his hand. When pressed by reporters, he admitted concerns over Musk\u2019s Chinese ties:<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t want, you know \u2014 Elon has businesses in China, and he would be susceptible, perhaps, to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk fires back<\/h2>\n

Musk responded on X (formerly Twitter), slamming the leak and demanding accountability:<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to the prosecutions of those at the Pentagon who are leaking maliciously false information to NYT. They will be found.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fallout was immediate. According to Reuters and\u00a0Politico<\/a>, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suspended two top Pentagon officials \u2014 Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick \u2014 as part of the leak investigation. Selnick was even reportedly escorted out of the building.<\/p>\n

And this leak wasn\u2019t the only one under review. Politico reports the same probe is looking into leaked information regarding U.S. military plans for the Panama Canal, Red Sea operations, and intelligence collection in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n

For now, the drama serves as another chaotic chapter in the tangled relationship between the world\u2019s richest man and the most unpredictable president in modern history. Trump may \u201cstill love Elon,\u201d but even affection has its limits \u2014 especially when it comes to briefing billionaires on classified war plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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