Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans

| Importance: 7/10 | Status: confirmed

Pentagon officials initially planned to brief Elon Musk on 29 ultra-classified weapons programs related to potential conflict with China, but canceled the meeting after media reports. Musk ultimately met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an unclassified meeting about ‘innovation and efficiencies’.

Key Actors

Donald Trump Elon Musk Pete Hegseth Admiral Samuel Paparo

Tags

foreign-influence regulatory-capture national-security military-industrial-complex ethics-violation

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