Musk did visit the Pentagon today, but Trump and other officials denied the report.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said that Elon wouldnt do it.
He wouldnt want to put himself in that position.
Donald Trump and Pete HegsethAnna Moneymaker/Getty Images
I think they make most of it up, Trump said of the Times.
He also called them the enemy of the people.
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A Times spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
But the Times has not backed away from its reporting.
He was invited by Secretary Hegseth and is just visiting.
But the Journal also stuck by its story that Musk was to receive a top secret briefing.
In the Oval Office, Trump extended his media attacks toCNNandMSNBC, as he has done before.
He claimed that CNN and MSNBC were both doing horribly in the ratings.
I think they are going to be turned off.
Last week,Trump called CNN and MSNBCillegal for reporting negatively about him.
