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Extraordinary blockbuster new reporting in the New York

Times reveals that Donald Trump's biggest donor and de facto wingman slash co-president Elon Musk

had been set to get a briefing on the U.S. military's plans for any possible conflict with China,

given that Elon Musk has extensive business interest in

China and is the head of a major defense contractor, SpaceX, it is both a tremendous conflict

of interest and a potential national security risk all rolled into one. This morning, Elon Musk arrived

at the Pentagon. He was greeted by the Secretary of Defense,

Pete Heggsess. Now, what happens next gets a little murky? Since that reporting first broke,

Team Trump has repeatedly and furiously denied that Elon Musk would be briefed on war plans.

Pete Hegg said, told reporters in the Oval Office today this, quote,

it was a great informal conversation. The rest of that reporting was fake. There were no war plans.

There was no Chinese war plans. There was no secret plans, end quote. That's what they say.

Now that Hegseth did not say if China came up in their conversations today. Here's what they say. Now that Heggsath did not say if China came up in their conversations

today. Here's what the reporting said to two U.S. officials telling the New York Times this, quote,

the Pentagon was scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military's plan for any war

that might break out with China, end quote.

Should be no surprise to anyone that war plans are as closely guarded as anything. Times goes on

to report this. Quote, if a foreign country were to learn how the United States planned to fight a war

against them, it could reinforce its defenses and

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