US President Donald Trump on Elon Musk’s Pentagon visit and China war buzz: He will leave the room if you bring up …

Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday morning, March 21, for briefings that ignited controversy after some US media outlets claimed he would receive an overview of US strategies in case of a conflict with China. President Donald Trump refuted these claims, asserting, “China will not even be mentioned or discussed.” He criticized the New York Times, stating, “They reported falsely that Elon Musk is visiting the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on a possible ‘war with China.’ How absurd! China won’t even come up. It’s shameful that discredited media can fabricate such lies. The story is entirely untrue!!!”

Musk demanded the prosecution of officials he accused of leaking “maliciously false information” to the New York Times, which broke the initial story.