The left's strategy to destroy Elon Musk seems to be two-pronged. One tactic is to have the media tacitly, if not explicitly encourage people to violence, including attacking Tesla cars and dealerships.
And the other is simply to lie about him.
Last night, Maggie Haberman shared a SCARY 'exclusive report' that she and four of her colleagues at The New York Times assembled (again, why does it always take so many 'journalists' to concoct these stories?) revealing that Musk is visiting the Pentagon today to get all of the details about 'top secret US plans for war with China.'
From NYT team, Musk set to get access tomorrow to top-secret US plan for potential war with China https://t.co/F0nWcuAw2P
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 21, 2025
Wow. What a scoop. That sounds like an article people will want to click on and subscribe to the NYT to read.
There's only one problem. It's not true. What's even more hilarious is that the Times article ADMITS that it's not true right in the opening paragraphs:
The Pentagon was scheduled on Friday 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 on Thursday.
Another official said the briefing would be China focused, without providing additional details. A fourth official confirmed Mr. Musk was to be at the Pentagon on Friday, but offered no details.
Hours after news of the planned meeting was published by The New York Times, Pentagon officials and President Trump denied that the session would be about military plans involving China.
LOL. Look at all of those 'anonymous sources' they have.
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The article then proceeds to suggest that the meeting might be called off due to the intrepid 'reporters' at the Times exposing it.
Aaaaaand, that's not true either.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately called Haberman and the Times out for spreading ... ahem ... 'male cow manure.'
We look forward to welcoming @elonmusk to the Pentagon tomorrow.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) March 21, 2025
But the fake news delivers again — this is NOT a meeting about “top secret China war plans.” It’s an informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies & smarter production. Gonna be great! https://t.co/sIhsUjqbG9
Again the Times tried to take credit for 'exposing' the meeting and then Hegseth changing the purpose of it because of their reporting, but they have no evidence for this claim.
And here's the thing. Even if the meeting was about China, Musk has a security clearance and Hegseth has the authority and discretion to share operational plans with him if he chooses to do so.
In other words, Hegseth has no reason to lie about the nature of the meeting. But Habermann and her gaggle of reporters had every reason to.
Busted again! The Fake News NYT is back at it, spinning nonsense to push their anti-Trump, anti-Musk agenda. Same old NYT, same old lies. They can’t stand that Trump is rebuilding America’s strength with real leaders like Musk.
— Make Men Great Again (@OneXOneY) March 21, 2025
They just want to scare everyone about the 'Bad DOGE Man.'
At this point, we're not sure if Haberman might have even told China about the meeting. Kind of like General Mark Milley promising to 'warn' America's adversary about Trump during the President's first term.
Literally a complete LIE!https://t.co/XvBKimU1te
— Land of the free 🇺🇸 (@land4thefree) March 21, 2025
wtf, Maggie? https://t.co/kUVQxgSky1
— ploppity plop (@supercalifrag33) March 21, 2025
WTF, indeed.
Of course, Haberman did not respond to getting called out by the Defense Secretary. Even Donald Trump called out the lie on his Truth Social platform.
Musk chimed in as well, noting that this was hardly the first time he had visited with top officials at the Pentagon.
Exactly.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 21, 2025
Also, I’ve been to the Pentagon many times over many years. Not my first time in the building.
We're willing to bet that many of those visits were during the Obama administration.
But we don't recall The New York Times assigning five staffers to report on those meetings.
Does the @nytimes have any standards?
— ben dover (@user17383613) March 21, 2025
And why does it take 5 “journalists” to write an article? https://t.co/BsqGUoFLtS
Right? That's what we said.
It would be really funny if DOGE took a microscope to media newsrooms. Like Twitter when Musk bought it, that investigation would probably reveal that they could fire 80 percent of their staff without anyone noticing a difference.
Heck, Grok probably could concoct this story in about 30 seconds all by itself ... and be able to cite the same 'anonymous sources.'
The left wing media is truly the enemy of the people. They just make up lies. https://t.co/DoKzFkACz2
— William (@William9340) March 21, 2025
Maggie “Fake News” Haberman bungles again.
— "Doctor" Quixotic Prescient Analysis (@DARogers2010) March 21, 2025
🌲 https://t.co/eN7khSnnbU
That 'evergreen' emoji sure comes in handy when it comes to the media performing faceplants in trying to spread their fear porn.
Glad @SecDef is calling them out. No more media hit pieces! Well done @PeteHegseth ! https://t.co/FfxRNOXkdO
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) March 21, 2025
Hegseth already has demonstrated many times during his brief tenure that he is not going to abide the media making fake stories up about his Defense Department like they have tried to with the Tuskegee Airmen or with Jackie Robinson.
Elon at the Pentagon? That’s America First innovation in action. Meanwhile, fake news NYT is out here writing fan fiction.
— Pregnant Redhead (@PregnantRedhead) March 21, 2025
'Fan fiction' is the perfect way to describe the article. Because it wasn't published to inform the public. It was published to further enrage the unhinged lunatics who already hate Trump and Musk.
It’s just blatant lies at this point from MSM. And yet a percentage of ill-informed Americans believe what the NYT publishes because “they are a reputable source”. But they are NOT! https://t.co/EPlF8fEUeG
— 🐔 Mollye with an E 🐔 (@mcraterfield) March 21, 2025
Exactly.
DOGE has been doing outstanding work so far in terms of exposing fraud and waste, as well as recommending cuts with savings already in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
But all of that is probably chump change compared to the improvements that Musk and DOGE could make to the behemoth that is the Department of Defense. We don't need to remind everyone that the DOD has never passed an audit and has failed seven of them in a row.
Maggie Haberman and the rest of the hacks at The New York Times can try to incite panic all they want. But Musk turning DOGE loose on the Pentagon is exactly what Americans voted for.
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