Hegseth says Musk did not see China war plan (www.theguardian.com)

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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth said that Elon Musk was not shown the Pentagon’s plan for a potential war with China during the Tesla CEO’s visit earlier today.

“Elon Musk is a patriot. Elon Musk is an innovator. Elon Musk provides a lot of capabilities our government and our military rely on, and I’m grateful for that,” said Hegseth, who added that reports Musk would be shown the plan were meant to “undermine whatever relationship the Pentagon has with” him.

“We welcomed him today to the Pentagon to talk about [the department of government efficiency], to talk about efficiencies, to talk about innovations. It was a great informal conversation. The rest of that reporting was fake. There was no war plans. There was no Chinese war plans. There was no secret plans. That’s not what we were doing the Pentagon.”

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[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Two takeaways from this:

They're planning a war with China.
Musk is involved.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

This headline (if it were to be believed) is meant to comfort us, but instead just reminds me a drunken Fox News anchor is running the department as they're saber-rattling against a major military force.

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He is not an innovator nor does he provide anything to the US military. Those are the workers whose labor makes him rich

[-] goldfish_brain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Liar gonna lie

[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 1 points 1 month ago

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[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

The people who believe anything an ex-Fox News dope says are largely the same people who get their "facts" from the ex-host of Fear Factor.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

"You should ask one of the problems of things you guys get wrong all the time." Hedseth mumbled as he unsteadily measured out three fingers of Wild Turkey. "Elonsh not here to problems the things. He's here to make sure the problems become silent."

he trails off, slowly swirling his glass, making the ice clank the edges as he mimics the main riff to Thunderstruck under his breath

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