Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon on Friday will focus on the threat China presents to the region but won’t include classified war plans, according to an official with knowledge of the plans.
The meeting, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Indo-Pacific commander Adm. Sam Paparo — who will attend virtually from Hawaii — shows the extraordinary level of access Musk, a defense contractor with billions of dollars in government contracts, holds over the administration.
The New York Times initially reported Thursday night that the meeting would include classified plans. But the official said Friday that the conversation would focus exclusively on China as the United States’ primary military challenge. It also comes just two days before Hegseth is set to leave on a weeklong trip to Asia with stops in Japan, Philippines, Guam and Hawaii.
The official did not say whether Musk was originally going to receive a classified briefing.
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