Trump expels a mask from a secret session on China

According to press reports, US President Donald Trump prevented Elon Musk from attending a very secret government meeting on China after the billionaire disturbed White House officials.

This comes after two senior Pentagon officials, Dan Caldwell and Daren Celnik, were suspended by Defense Minister Beit Higseth after investigating the leaked news of the briefing news about China to Musk.

According to Axius, Higseth was not satisfied with canceling the meeting after the leak, but rather ordered the US President himself to cancel it..

According to what was reported, Trump exploded angry when he heard about the presence of the CEO of Tesla, the planned secret meeting, and he told employees: “What is Elon’s doing there against hell?.

According to what was reported, the president was angry that Musk will attend the briefing because the founder Spacex He has billions of dollars in commercial interests in China.

This comes after it was revealed that the continuous presence of Mask in the White House, his strange publications on social media, and his rude moves in the framework of his role in managing government competence angered many officials in the administration.

Although Trump had previously praised Mask and welcomed his interference in government affairs, officials say this time that the broad trade relations of the technology pole with China have exceeded the borders.

Trump had also pledged that Musk, as head of the Ministry of Energy, Water and Environment, would not participate in any areas where there could be conflicts in interests.

One of the sources told the news site: “The president still loves Elon, but there are red lines that have a lot of business in China and have good relations there, and this media briefing was not the right thing.”

On March 20, the New York Times reported that Mask will see the US military’s plans for what to do in the event of any war with China..

Shortly after the publication of the report on the Internet, Trump and Pentagon officials denied that the session was on the military plans that include China..

“They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk will go to the Pentagon tomorrow to see any potential war with China. How ridiculous? China will not be mentioned or even discussed. How good is that the media that is credible will create such lies. In any case, the story is incorrect at all,” Trump wrote on his account on the “Truth Social” website.

According to the Axius website, he published that message after he ordered the officials not to speak with Musk for China.

Tesla, owned by Musk, is running its largest factory, the Gigavatori Shanghai Factory, in China. It produced about half of Tesla cars last year.

However, the Pentagon meeting was held. Musk arrived through a car procession on March 21, where Defense Minister Beit Higsith received him at the door.

The two men met – along with assistants and military personnel – for 80 minutes. The topic of China was not discussed, but Musk did not give more details.

He told one of the correspondents who asked him about the meeting: “Why should I tell you?”

Trump was still angry at the meeting day, as he criticized the New York Times story, describing it as “false news”.

At the White House after the Musk-Higseth session, Trump at the White House said he did not want anyone to inform the United States’s plans for a potential war with China, and alluded to the conflicting interests of Misk..

“We don’t want to fight a potential war with China, but I can tell you that if this happens, we are well equipped to deal with it, but I don’t want to show it to anyone but certainly will not show it to a businessman. Elon has business in China and may be subject to that,” Trump said.

Many of the American administration’s anger focused on the New York Times, which published the story. Mask warned that people would pay for the leak.

“I look forward to the sustaining of those in the Pentagon who leak false information maliciously to the New York Times. They will be found, “as he wrote on a platform X His own.

While the details of the meeting are still surrounded by confidentiality, Trump’s anger comes at a sensitive time, with the escalation of tensions between the United States and China.

The US President has escalated the intensity of the trade war with China, and imposed an amazing customs tariff of 125% on Chinese imports, in addition to a 20% tax on Chinese imports that were imposed earlier this year – to reach the actual customs tariff rate to 145%.

This sparked a similar aggressive response from Beijing. In response, China raised its customs fees on American goods from 84% to 125%.