The hunt is on for Pentagon leakers who shipped the media doses of Fake News.
Citing sources it did not name, The New York Times reported Thursday that Elon Musk was scheduled to receive a Friday briefing on America’s plans for a conflict with China, stressing the unprecedented nature of allowing a civilian who did business with China access to top-secret plans.
The report enthralled CNN so much that it jumped on the bandwagon, only to find that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blew a hole in the reports by saying Musk was in fact going to visit the Pentagon, but no briefing on war plans was part of the visit.
Taking to Truth Social, President Donald Trump called the report an “absolutely ridiculous and false story, which is probably libelous.”
That is exactly right.
The New York Times writes carefully crafted political propaganda with one goal: destroy Republicans, especially President @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/EUTw2Xb0Fj
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 22, 2025
“The Fake News is the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE…And Elon is NOT BEING BRIEFED ON ANYTHING CHINA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR!!!” Trump wrote.
Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, called for an investigation, which will include the