Tesla CEO and senior Trump advisor Elon Musk visited the Pentagon, sparking reports he received a briefing on US plans in the event of a war with China.
The visit has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest as Mr Musk's companies hold major defence contracts.
Donald Trump and Pentagon officials have criticised the media for spreading "maliciously false information" about the meeting.
The visit has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest as Mr Musk's companies hold major defence contracts.
Donald Trump and Pentagon officials have criticised the media for spreading "maliciously false information" about the meeting.
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00:00And Tesla CEO and senior Trump advisor Elon Musk
00:03has visited the Pentagon, sparking reports
00:06he received a briefing on US plans
00:08in the event of a war with China.
00:10The visitors raised concerns about potential conflicts
00:13of interest, as Mr. Musk's companies hold
00:16major defense contracts.
00:18Donald Trump and Pentagon officials
00:20have criticized the media for spreading,
00:22quote, maliciously false information about the meeting.
00:26When they see a thing like that and they
00:28hear that story about Elon and China, what they should do
00:32is realize that the New York Times is a corrupt institution
00:35because I think they're the ones.
00:37They knew that story wasn't true.
00:38Nobody believed that story.
00:40People that, when I first called,
00:41they laughed when they heard this story.
00:43Nobody believed it, that the Pentagon was giving him
00:46a briefing on what war with China would look like.
00:50And he has business.
00:51No, they made that up because it's a good story to make up.