Donald Trump blocked Elon Musk from attending a top-secret Pentagon briefing about China, saying, “What the f— is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go,” according to a top official who spoke to Axios.

A meeting at the Pentagon with Musk and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth still went ahead that day, but China wasn’t discussed.

After The New York Times reported on March 20 that the meeting had been set up, Trump dismissed the story as “Fake News” on Truth Social.

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      Next Battle: Trump vs. Elon

      Ongoing Battles: Trump vs. China, Trump vs. EU, Elon vs. Tariffs, Elon vs. OpenAI, Trump vs. Universities, RFK Jr. vs. Vaccines, RFK Jr. vs. Autism, Trump vs. the Judicial System, Israel vs. Gaza, and others versus

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        Vs Current Winner Current Loser
        Trump vs China China Trump
        Trump vs EU EU Trump
        Elon vs Tariffs Tariffs Elon
        Elon vs OpenAI ? ?
        Trump vs Universities ? ?
        RFK Jr. vs Vaccines Vaccines RFK Jr.
        RFK Jr. vs Autism Autism RFK Jr.
        Trump vs Judicial System ? (mostly Trump) ?
        Israel vs Gaza Israel Gaza

        ? = undecided

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    Someone else than Musk probably told Trump that he shouldn’t be there. Vance maybe? He seems to become more actively involved lately.

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      I think at this point Trump is like a giant gorilla in the room. You have to distract him with something and hope he will not get angry or interrupt anything serious. He doesn’t really understand what’s going on around him, he just randomly picks up things and plays with them until he gets bored. You can never interrupt or correct him but real work happens behind his back.

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      Vance is part of the Musk/Thiel faction. It’s more likely trump is sensitive about the whole shadow president thing and also annoyed by musk.

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    Assuming this is actually true:

    trump was just angry that there was a meeting he wasn’t invited to. Which… he was, he just ignored it.

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    I was wondering when the narcissism would really kick in - we all know it’s not competence that’s causing him to ask such deep questions.

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    easy, hes taking ketamine and alcohol in public view, and other drugs behind closed doors.