Donald Trump admits possible conflicts of interest from Elon Musk

US President Donald Trump granted his confidante Elon Musk possible conflicts of interest with a view of business relationships to China. The tech billionaire has business interests in China and could be influenced, said Trump at an appointment in the White House. The background was reports that Musk should be taught at a meeting in the Pentagon about plans for a possible war with China. Trump vehemently rejected the newspaper “New York Times” as “garbage”.

He praised his allied muscle: “He is a great patriot. He pays a high price for helping us to reduce the costs and he does a great job.” Musk was in the Pentagon to talk about cost savings. The 53-year-old is currently radically cutting up the government editions with the Savariad Doge. US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth added: “We welcomed him to the Pentagon today to talk about Doge to talk about efficiency to talk about innovations.”

There is fear that Musk can use its mighty position to give its company an advantage. Musk is, among other things, the head of the electric car manufacturer Tesla and the space company SpaceX. Tesla is in the sights of several investigations by the traffic safety authority NHTSA and SpaceX to start rockets for the US government, including the Ministry of Defense. In addition, the airfare faa repeated SpaceX starts according to problems.

The Tech billionaire and his Doge team have also gained access to various sensitive data in recent weeks-including personal data from the social security authority. Trump had recently announced that he would check that Musk would not abuse his position. Before that it was said from the White House, Musk took care that there were no conflicts of interest.