'Screamingly demented': Shock — and mockery — as Musk poised to get top secret war plans

A new report drew considerable alarm and some mockery from social media observers as the Pentagon plans to brief tech billionaire Elon Musk on military plans in the event of a possible war with China.

Two U.S. officials confirmed the scheduled meeting to the New York Times. A third official said the briefing would focus on China, while a fourth confirmed only that Musk – President Donald Trump’s top campaign donor and head of his Department of Government Efficiency – was lined up to be at the Pentagon on Friday.

Giving Musk, the world’s richest man, inside details “to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets would be a dramatic expansion of his already extensive role as an adviser to President Trump and leader of his effort to slash spending and purge the government of people and policies they oppose,” according to the Times.

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The Pentagon's operational plans "are among the military’s most closely guarded secrets,” the report noted.

Stunned social media critics blasted the decision — while some said it was just par for the course with Donald Trump.

Mike Boylan-Kolchin‪, an astrophysicist and professor at the University of Texas, joked on Bluseky: "There’s a decent shot that he casually posts these on Twitter because he’s bored or hopped up on goofballs."

David Rothkopf‪, columnist at The Daily Beast, wrote on Bluesky: "This is insane. In a time when lunacy dominates our headlines this is more screamingly demented and dangerous than almost anything we've seen so far. Musk--friend of Putin, business partner of China, ketamine taking white supremacist--is being given our war plans?"

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie joked on Bluesky: "yeah makes sense, he’s the president," referring to Musk.

Frank Figliuzzi‪, senior national security and intelligence analyst at NBC News, warned on Bluesky, "A clear and present danger," referring to Musk.

The anti-Trump social media account Republicans Against Trumpism lamented on Bluesky, "This. Is. Not. Normal."

Matt Novak‪, tech reporter at Gizmodo, noted on Bluesky, "Musk is a defense contractor and has a factory in China. The fact that he’s going to get a briefing like this is truly failed state territory."

Kate Conger, tech reporter for the New York Times, questioned on Bluesky: "Is it good to give the China war plan to Elon Musk, or...."

"Steve Bannon gotta be so p----- rn," chided Julia Carrie Wong, senior reporter at The Guardian US.

She added: "I don’t really know all the geopolitics of this but I do know that Elon musk has factories in China and a funny little tendency to suggest that it doesn’t really make sense for Taiwan to be independent and Steve Bannon is a huge China hawk who’s gonna flip his gourd.

In another post, she warned: "seriously China has enormous leverage over musk it’s his biggest market and he relies on govt support for his factories etc this is flipping insane."