


The Pentagon is scheduled today to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two U.S. officials said Thursday.
Another official said the briefing will be China focused, without providing additional details.
A fourth official confirmed Musk was to be at the Pentagon today, but offered no details.
Providing Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets would be a dramatic expansion of his already extensive role as an adviser to President Donald Trump and leader of his effort to slash spending and purge the government of people and policies they oppose.
It would also bring into sharp relief the questions about Musk’s conflicts of interest as he ranges widely across the federal bureaucracy while continuing to run businesses that are major government contractors.
In this case, Musk, the billionaire CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla, is a leading supplier to the Pentagon and has extensive financial interests in China.
— The New York Times