Donald Trump has doubled down on his assertion that there is nothing to worry about as top adviser and billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly headed to the Pentagon on Friday for a China briefing.
Late Thursday the president took to his Truth Social platform to rage at the New York Times over the report, stating in part, "The Fake News is at it again, this time the Failing New York Times. They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential 'war with China.' How ridiculous?” China will not even be mentioned or discussed."
Friday morning, after CNN also reported on the meeting, the president flipped out on the network and launched an attack on the Times' Maggie Haberman.
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On Truth Social he said, "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.' RATINGS CHALLENGED FAKE NEWS CNN immediately picked up on this absolutely ridiculous and false story, which is probably libelous, and went heavy with it. Fortunately, nobody was watching!"
He then turned to Haberman, writing, "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. The Fake News is the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE…And Elon is NOT BEING BRIEFED ON ANYTHING CHINA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR!!!"
On Friday morning the Wall Street Journal also confirmed that NYT story, reporting, "Musk is expected to be briefed on how U.S. forces would fight in a potential China war, including maritime tactics and targeting plans, the officials said. China will be one of several topics to be discussed at the Defense Department, one of the officials said."
You can see the president's latest post here.
