Elon Musk visits Pentagon after ‘China war briefing’ report: Does he have security clearance?

President Donald Trump’s chief adviser and Division of Authorities Effectivity chief Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday to debate ‘innovation, efficiencies and smarter manufacturing’. His go to to the US protection headquarters comes hours after Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump refuted a New York Occasions report that the billionaire was to be briefed on the nation’s plans for a possible ‘conflict in opposition to China’.

The Occasions cited officers to report that the briefing would give attention to China. Nonetheless, Trump and Hegset rapidly dismissed the report.

“China is not going to even be talked about or mentioned,” the president stated in a put up on Fact Social. “China is not going to even be talked about or mentioned. How disgraceful it’s that the discredited media could make up such lies. Anyway, the story is totally unfaithful!!!”

Hegseth stated on X: “We sit up for welcoming @elonmusk to the Pentagon tomorrow. However the faux information delivers once more — that is NOT a gathering about “high secret China conflict plans.” It’s an off-the-cuff assembly about innovation, efficiencies & smarter manufacturing. Gonna be nice!”

Does Musk have safety clearance for his Pentagon go to?

Opposite to a number of claims about Musk’s alleged ‘battle of curiosity’ being concerned within the Trump administration’s operations and working firms like Tesla and SpaceX, the billionaire does maintain a top-secret safety clearance. The 53-year-old’s roles with SpaceX and as Trump’s adviser get him the entry.

Nonetheless, this clearance doesn’t mechanically grant him unrestricted entry to all labeled supplies; entry is contingent upon a demonstrated ‘must know’. ​

Forward of his Pentagon go to, Musk warned ‘leaks’, tweeting: “I sit up for the prosecutions of these on the Pentagon who’re leaking maliciously false info to NYT. They are going to be discovered.”