Despite his extensive ties to the Chinese government, Elon Musk is briefed on the US military's "top secret" plans for a war with China, both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/musk-to-receive-top-secret-briefing-on-u-s-war-plans-for-china-922eafdf
https://archive.md/PqkpN
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html

WSJ:
Elon Musk will receive a briefing Friday on the U.S. military’s top-secret war plans for China, according to two U.S. officials, giving the wealthy businessman and presidential adviser insight into one of the Pentagon’s most closely guarded operational blueprints.

Musk will be briefed on how U.S. forces would fight in a potential China war, including maritime tactics and targeting plans, the officials said. China will be one of several topics to be discussed at the Defense Department, one of the officials said.

The meeting underscored the crosscutting interests Musk has as a senior adviser to President Trump with a powerful and expansive role in the new administration. It could give him as the head of Tesla, which relies on China for car production, and SpaceX, a U.S. defense contractor, access to sensitive military secrets unavailable to business competitors.

Musk, according to one person familiar with the arrangements, 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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that Musk would visit the Pentagon on Friday. In a statement on X, Musk’s social-media site. “It’s an informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies & smarter production,” he said, denying that the presidential adviser would receive a sensitive China briefing.

In a post on Truth Social on Thursday evening, President Trump said that “China will not even be mentioned or discussed” at the Pentagon meeting.