Friday, March 21, 2025

Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China

The New York Times reported that a meeting between Elon Musk and the Pentagon concerning China was to happen today.

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Musk needs to be Kennedyed.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-20 11:00 PM

"Hey China! How about I tell you how the US plans to stop your Taiwan invasion. In exchange for setting up a dealership for garbage cars in Tiananmen Square?"

-Anonymous Goose-Stepping Not A Nazi

#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-20 11:05 PM

Remember the good old days when it was just the pillow guy hanging out in the Oval?

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-20 11:09 PM

Chinese spies have already seen these plans at Mara Pedo.

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-21 08:29 AM

I defy anyone to list even on good reason for this.

As a former custodian of classified documents this is unfathomable.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2025-03-21 08:42 AM

This story neatly underlines what a stupid and malicious person Trump is. It illustrates his lack of patriotism and reminds us that he really wants the United States to lose the bext war.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 08:43 AM

unfathomable.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2025-03-21

MAGA won't understand that word.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 08:44 AM

There are no greater enemies of the United States than Trump/Putin and Musk.

What do these people expect to get from the smoking ruins of this country?

Is it a "better to rule in Hell" sort of thing?

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 08:52 AM

Looking into the future, either Trump will kill Musk or Musk will kill him. For what should be the obvious reasons.

This is the sort of ancient political dynamic the Constitution was intended to prevent.

But I understand that MAGA pines for a post-Constitutional age.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 08:59 AM

I have a sneaking suspicion there will be a lot of trenchcoat-clad Hal Holbrook look-alikes seen wandering around darkened DC parking garages over the next four years.

#10 | Posted by Expectingreign at 2025-03-21 09:11 AM

What will it take for a Republican to say:
This is madness.

There is no bridge too far for Republicans, two months into supporting Trump's insanity.

Only forty-six more months to go!

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-21 09:14 AM

...MAGA pines for a post-Constitutional age.
#9 | Posted by Zed

More like pre-Constitutional.

#12 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-03-21 09:15 AM

Wow. That campaign donation buys a lot. A lot...

#13 | Posted by catdog at 2025-03-21 09:24 AM

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Musk needs to be Kennedyed.

#1 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

Free Luigi!

#14 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-03-21 09:25 AM

What will it take for a Republican to say

This is madness.

Posted by snoofy

If being on this blog teaches anything----

They don't have it in them.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 09:27 AM

#11

We're in Trump's 50th month. His voters knew what they were doing. Burn it all down.

#16 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-03-21 09:49 AM

His voters knew what they were doing.

#16 | Posted by lee_the_agent

They were like vicious children. They well understood that something or someone would burn, but not them.

The denial of these people is stronger than alcoholics. They see what they want to see. Their own lives are hidden from them.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 09:55 AM

Anyone on the right that thinks this is fine..substitute Soros for Musk.

#18 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-21 10:16 AM

twitter.com

#19 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-21 10:19 AM

#19 | Posted by fortfisher

Commander-in-Chief Musk visits the Pentagon?

#20 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 10:34 AM

5 anonymous sources ffs...

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-21 10:41 AM

Let X A-12 play some wargames.

#22 | Posted by schifferbrains at 2025-03-21 10:49 AM

"Musk is receiving the briefing because he asked for one. He has a security clearance but isn't in the military chain of command or known to be a military adviser to Trump."

~ Wall Street Journal ~

politicalwire.com

#23 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-21 10:52 AM

5 anonymous sources ffs...

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The problem is, you see, that sources on the record invite retaliation from Trump and people like you, up to and including death.

Beyond that, I think that your pretense that Trump is a sane and competent man is not longer cute.

#24 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 10:57 AM

Leon confirmed it.

www.usnews.com

#25 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-21 11:00 AM

5 anonymous sources ffs...

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Leon confirmed it.

www.usnews.com

#25 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

LeftHandTurds looks like an idiot once again.

#26 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-03-21 11:05 AM

5 anonymous sources ffs...

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Still doesn't understand basic journalism.

#27 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-03-21 11:07 AM

Musk is running the country...
nothing to worry about, right?

It's not if he's a sociopathic, bi-polar, Ketamine addict with a long history of impulse control issues.

#28 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-03-21 11:12 AM

Well, at least we know Herr Musk has no financial conflicts when it comes to China, right?

#29 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-21 11:33 AM

5 anonymous sources ffs...

#21 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

You stupid f^*%s responded this way throughout his first term.

And conveniently ignored when the stories were confirmed true the vast majority of the time.

#30 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-21 11:34 AM

How much more of these frankly unacceptable episodes will it take before even the most obsequious members of the Retort Alias Society realize they're being fleeced like rubes at a snake oil sideshow? Newsflash...Trump is obviously compromised. You wing-ding mewling quims can own every lib in this land 24/7 for the next 100 years, and it still won't change that.

#31 | Posted by dutch46 at 2025-03-21 11:35 AM

What does Felon Musk know about military strategy and operations? Absolutely nothing. But his AI supercomputer "Colossus" in Tennessee doesn't have the classified US military OPLANs, datapoints, weapon locations, nuclear kilotons, Chinese military disposition, etc.

https://clickpetroleoegas.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/elon-musks-new-supercomputer.jpg

#32 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-21 11:39 AM

Good lord!

#33 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-03-21 11:53 AM

im.indiatimes.in

#34 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-21 11:55 AM

.Trump is obviously compromised. You wing-ding mewling quims can own every lib in this land 24/7 for the next 100 years, and it still won't change that.

#31 | Posted by dutch

Amen.

#35 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 11:57 AM

Holy Shhht. This is beyond dangerous. WOWSERS.

#36 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-03-21 12:02 PM

"We're in Trump's 50th month. His voters knew what they were doing. Burn it all down."

Yup. Anyone who voted for Trump, especially after his first term, are just as bad the extremists on the far left who want to tear it all down and build their idea of a utopia from the ashes.

#37 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-03-21 12:13 PM

just as bad the extremists on the far left who want to tear it all down and build their idea of a utopia from the ashes.

#37 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

The difference being that democrats never vote their extremists into positions of power.

FDR was probably our most extreme far left presidential candidate and America voted him into power four times. The first and only President to serve 4 terms.

#38 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-21 12:22 PM

What level security clearance does Mr Musk have?

#39 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-21 12:43 PM

Re 39

The Ultra Top secret super dooper to Infinity level.

And beyond.

#40 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-21 12:48 PM

You stupid f^*%s responded this way throughout his first term.

And conveniently ignored when the stories were confirmed true the vast majority of the time.

#30 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-21 11:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

Hey raetard, the morons you supported are sitting at a 27% approval rating - and that's CNN's numbers. You may want to sit this one out.

#41 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-21 01:25 PM

#38: Hi Donnerboy: And FDR pulled America out of the Great Depression, leading the US to victory in WWII from a wheelchair. Meanwhile Trumpf is driving the US into a ditch from his golfcart. Thanks Republican voters!

api.time.com

#42 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-21 01:26 PM

Still doesn't understand basic journalism.

#27 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-03-21 11:07 AM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, I understand it alright. I also understand what it's become in the last few decades. You too should sit this one out and hold hands with Dr. Strange Love.

#43 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-21 01:28 PM

You may want to sit this one out.

#41 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You may enjoy watching things burn----

But you're more than a little bit off in the head yourself.

#44 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 01:28 PM

the morons you supported are sitting at a 27% approval rating

#41 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Not after today, son, not after today.

Do you really need this explained to you? Or does saying "Social Security" make it clear enough?

#45 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-21 01:30 PM

What level security clearance does Mr Musk have?

Main Boss.

#46 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-21 01:32 PM

sooner or later, Musk will come between Trump and something he wants. And Trump doesn't value friendship.

My prediction is that Musk's position won't last until the end of Trump's term. He'll be gone before then.

#47 | Posted by eberly at 2025-03-21 01:55 PM

Still doesn't understand basic journalism.
#27 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-03-21 11:07 AM | Reply | Flag:
Oh, I understand it alright. I also understand what it's become in the last few decades. You too should sit this one out and hold hands with Dr. Strange Love.
#43 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-21 01:28 PM

What happened to the alleged Iranian warship launching those UFO's over NJ?

Wouldn't that be a more important and immediate "threat"?

This is all a facade. All of it.

#48 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-03-21 01:58 PM

Hey raetard, the morons you supported are sitting at a 27% approval rating - and that's CNN's numbers. You may want to sit this one out.

#41 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

I only supported them because they're better than Trump.

Gotta love this stupid sack of s%^* telling someone else to sit this one out.

#49 | Posted by Jpw at 2025-03-21 01:59 PM

sooner or later, Musk will come between Trump and something he wants. And Trump doesn't value friendship.

My prediction is that Musk's position won't last until the end of Trump's term. He'll be gone before then.

#47 | Posted by eberly

Kind of like how he threw Steve Bannon under the bus. Trump will tire of Musk sharing the spotlight.

#50 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-03-21 02:27 PM

we could speed it up. Stop hammering Musk in the press and conduct polling that says Musk's favorability rating is significantly higher than Trump and leak it to the white house. CNN, Rasmussen, Gallup, etc....if they all managed to leak polling that said Musk was more popular (or less hated)...that would piss Trump off.

#51 | Posted by eberly at 2025-03-21 02:35 PM

we could speed it up. Stop hammering Musk in the press and conduct polling that says Musk's favorability rating is significantly higher than Trump and leak it to the white house. CNN, Rasmussen, Gallup, etc....if they all managed to leak polling that said Musk was more popular (or less hated)...that would piss Trump off.
#51 | Posted by eberly at 2025-03-21 02:35 PM

It might be hard to float that idea as White House Sales Event and commerce secretary insist that people buy into Swasticars.

They know full well how this is playing out.

Musk appears shaken in his responses, but still manages to lie undeterred.

Mangioni being more popular shaken them.

#52 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-03-21 02:57 PM

As predicted, Trumpf is realigning US national security away from Russia and more onto China. This US State Dept Rewards for Justice announcement is a "two for one," combining China and Iran. The USIC was already targeting malign actors within Iran and China, along with Russia. Some lunatic Israeli Settlers were sanctioned by the Biden administration. From now on we will only see Beijing and Tehran being targeted: www.state.gov

#53 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-21 02:58 PM

www.axios.com

... After a New York Times reporter asked Hegseth what he and Musk spoke about, the Defense Secretary responded: "Why would I tell you?" ...

Another example of the "transparency" that Mr Musk and Pres Trump have promised for DOGE.

#54 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-21 03:00 PM

#50 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Bannon didn't give Trump $300 million. Musk is going nowhere.

Swallow it.

#55 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-03-21 03:04 PM

5 anonymous sources ffs...
#21 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Hey re tar d, you recently posted there's nothing Trump can do to lose your support. You're irrelevant.

Have been for a while actually.

Just a braindead kultist doing your best to excuse the continued destruction of America by Trump and his administration.

#56 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-21 03:39 PM

anonymous sources ffs...

^
The bodies of all this times this guy shoots the anonymous messenger would fill Arlington National Cemetery.

There will be a Holocaust of anonymous sources by the time you're done denying them.

We understand.

#57 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-21 04:23 PM

"The difference being that democrats never vote their extremists into positions of power"

Right, they just regularly refuse to call them out and sometimes even pander to them, which damages the credibility of their less extreme candidates with the mainstream. Democrats really need to recognize the mistakes they made which allowed someone like Trump to come into power twice.

#58 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-03-21 04:40 PM

This is Trump's way of acknowledging that he has appointed a lot of dimwits to his team; that he needs more brain power.

#59 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-03-21 05:23 PM

Speaking of throwing people under the bus, Trump is now saying that he had nothing to do Musk getting a Pentagon a supposed briefing over our war plans with China, that that was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's idea.

And he's also claiming that sending all of those alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, that was Marco Rubio who came up with that one.

OCU

#60 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-03-22 02:13 AM

@#60

Wow.

Like a mob leader?


#61 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-22 02:24 AM

Trump is a compulsive liar.

My Spidey Sense tells me that Elon Musk is being primed to replace J.D. Vance as Vice President . . . and Trump's chosen successor in 2028.

I think the meeting at the Pentagon was to get Musk up to speed which means the switch-er-roo could be right around the corner.

If true, Peter Thiel will become one of Trump's worst enemies.

#62 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-03-22 03:28 AM

His voters knew what they were doing. Burn it all down.

#16 | Posted by lee_the_agent

A minority voted to burn it all down.

Most were just stupid. Gullible and stupid.

#63 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-22 03:37 AM

My Spidey Sense tells me that Elon Musk is being primed to replace J.D. Vance as Vice President

What? Why? That makes no sense.

Vance is in a rather meaningless position. There's no reason to create drama and strife by replacing him when Musk has been allowed to run amok despite not having any legal authority to do so.

#64 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-22 03:39 AM

JPW

Maybe I failed to get my point across.

It isn't about what Musk is doing NOW. It's about 2028 and Trump's chosen successor. Another "strongman," so to speak, to continue to carry out the GOP mission.

Vance is a Milquetoast compared to Musk.


#65 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-03-22 04:18 AM

By the way, JPW, when did Trump ever shy away from creating drama and strife.

It's his stock in trade.

#66 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-03-22 04:29 AM

"Democrats really need to recognize the mistakes they made which allowed someone like Trump to come into power twice."

Did Republicans need to recognize the mistakes they made which allowed someone like Trump to come into power twice?

#67 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-22 10:25 AM

It's about 2028 and Trump's chosen successor. Another "strongman," so to speak, to continue to carry out the GOP mission.

The GOp's mission of destruction.

At this rate of destruction and deterioration of our Democracy by 2028 The Lyin King will be having Shady JD and Herr Musk fight it out in mortal combat in the Trumpy Dome.

Two man enter ... one man leave.

It is the Way. The Trumpian Way. It's also the same arena Trumpy will Kill All Others in.

Are you not yet entertained?

#68 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-22 12:29 PM

69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#69 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-03-22 12:35 PM

Did Republicans need to recognize the mistakes they made which allowed someone like Trump to come into power twice?

#67 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Absolutely not.

This is all Obama and Biden's fault. Every bit of it. Obviously! No question about it.

And I said NO Questions.

Now excuse me while I fire thousands of employees randomly and fire civil servants for no good reason (other than it's funny to watch em crap themselves) then shut down SS and delete any reference to DEI from the internet and shut down CNN & NPR and arrest those evil bastards over at 60 minutes.

And. Damn you Democrats for not being able to stop me after America voted for this!

#70 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-22 12:38 PM

According to Trump, Musk and Hegseth, China wasn't even part of the meeting topics. It was about tech and innovation. Are they lying? It's possible. Are these anonymous sources lying? Also possible. I tend to put a bit more credence in the word of people who go on the record as opposed to anonymous sources. But this tracks with how NYT covers politics.

#71 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-22 02:40 PM

"I tend to put a bit more credence in the word of people who go on the record as opposed to anonymous sources."

Because you ignorance is willful.

#72 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-22 02:42 PM

Patricide Jeff believes the word of drunken and demented rapists.

#73 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-03-22 02:52 PM

According to Trump, Musk and Hegseth, China wasn't even part of the meeting topics.

So it was definitely about China.

#74 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-22 03:52 PM

According to Trump and his hired goons...

#71 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-22 02:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yeah, that's a truth-telling bunch. Great track record for honesty.

#75 | Posted by cbob at 2025-03-22 05:06 PM

My Spidey Sense tells me that Elon Musk is being primed to replace J.D. Vance as Vice President . . . and Trump's chosen successor in 2028.

Musk was born in South Africa to South African (rich) parents. He's ineligible to be president, the #1 requirement for a VP.

#76 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-03-22 07:08 PM

He's ineligible to be president, the #1 requirement for a VP.

Suppose Lewzer nominates him, the Senate confirms him, and SCOTUS says it's ok. What then? That's not out of the realm of possibility.

#77 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-22 08:59 PM

AU

"Musk was born in South Africa to South African (rich) parents. He's ineligible to be president, the #1 requirement for a VP."

Under normal circumstances and with a President who respected the Constitution to which he swore an oath, you'd be right.

However, at the speed Trump is going, I fully expect our Constitutional Republic to be in tatters long before 2028.

Or something along the lines of what Grover Norquist is famous for saying: "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

#78 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-03-22 10:29 PM

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