In a message on the social network Truth, Trump said in its usual capital letters that “False news are the enemies of the peopleand Elon is not being informed about China by the War Department. ”
Trump He criticized The New York Times for his exclusive based on information from two US officials, who assured that this Friday, March 21 Musk was going to be informed of defense details in case of a war with China.
In the president’s opinion, the newspaper is “One of the worst and most periodic inaccurate worldwide” and criticized the journalist Maggie Haberman, who signs the information together with other reporters, and refuted the premise that Musk goes to filter that classified information To Beijing in exchange for favoring their business interests.
“The false concept of this story is that by the fact that Elon has some businesses in China, He has many conflicts and could immediately go to Chinese officials to release the secret, ”said Trump, who also attacked CNN for echoing that information.
Shortly after the publication of the NYT article on March 20, Trump reacted to the information in Truth Social and said that “the false news media are already again, this time the failed New York Times. They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk The Pentagon will go tomorrow to receive information about a possible ‘war with China’. How ridiculous! China will not even be mentioned or discussed. ”
After the publication of the news, the spokesman for the Department of Defense, Sean Parnell, also indicated that the Pentagon “is pleased to receive Elon Musk this Friday,” and said the businessman He was invited by the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, for a simple visit.