'Fake News is at it again': Trump lashes out as he blasts 'disgraceful' NYT report
President Donald Trump lashed out at The New York Times late Thursday after the paper reported tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to receive a briefing on top-secret military plans in the event of a war with China.
The Times said it spoke with two U.S. officials who confirmed the scheduled meeting on Friday. A third official said the briefing would focus on China, while a fourth confirmed only that Musk – 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,” the Times wrote.
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The Pentagon's operational plans "are among the military’s most closely guarded secrets,” the report noted.
The report left social media critics aghast, leading to a deluge of criticism against the Trump administration.
But Trump hit back at the Times, taking to his Truth Social platform to say, "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. How disgraceful it is that the discredited media can make up such lies. Anyway, the story is completely untrue!!!"