‘What the F*ck is Elon Doing There?’ Trump Reportedly Killed Top-Secret China Briefing for Musk After NY Times Found Out

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President Donald Trump reportedly pulled the plug on a top-secret briefing for Elon Musk — after The New York Times revealed that Pentagon officials were set brief to the DOGE leader about plans on any war the U.S. might have with China.

Trump did not want Musk to receive the briefing because of his business entanglements in China, according to Axios.

“What the fuck is Elon doing there?” Trump said, according to a source identified by Axios as a top official. “Make sure he doesn’t go.”

The unnamed official told Axios that Musk has not completely fallen out of favor with Trump, but that the president wants to maintain some guardrails — specifically on matters concerning China.

“POTUS still very much loves Elon, but there are some red lines,” the official told Axios. “Elon has a lot of business in China and he has good relations there, and this briefing just wasn’t the right thing.”

At the time, Trump blasted The New York Times and claimed their story was false.

“They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential ‘war with China,'” Trump wrote in a March 20 Truth Social post. “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!!!”

But Axios reports Trump did not make that public statement until after the briefing had ben cancelled.

On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suspended top Pentagon officials Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick as part of an investigation on leaks in the department.