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Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s government role and highlight his conflicts of interest.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html

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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago

That poor ~~child~~ shield.

[–] StannisDMannis 10 points 2 weeks ago

Wonder how much he will share with Russia.

[–] 1984 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Musk being allowed to be part of these talks is ridiculous. I guess he wants to take over when trump is gone. And I dont trust the American public to not vote for him.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Constitutionally he can't, but we've also seen what kind of teeth the Constitution actually has with this administration, so who knows.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

ah yes, bombing strategies to avoid the Tesla factories.

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