President Donald Trump said a New York Times story reporting that Elon Musk will be briefed at the Pentagon on U.S. military plans for a potential war with China is "fake news" and "completely untrue."

The report, which cited multiple anonymous U.S. officials, said Musk would be given a presentation of the plans by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top U.S. military leaders including Adm. Christopher W. Grady, the acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"The Fake News is at it again, this time the Failing New York Times," Trump wrote in a March 20 post on the social media platform Truth Social.

"They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential 'war with China.' How ridiculous?"

Trump added that China "will not even be mentioned or discussed," when Musk, a special adviser to the president, visits the Pentagon on March 21.

"How disgraceful it is that the discredited media can make up such lies," Trump added. 

"Anyway, the story is completely untrue!!!"

In a Friday morning post to Truth Social, Trump continued raging against the NY Times and journalist Maggie Haberman.

Hegseth wrote on social media platform X that he looked forward to welcoming Musk to the Pentagon for "an informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies & smarter production" that would not be "a meeting about 'top secret China war plans.'"

"The fake news delivers again," Hegseth added.

The story also prompted a response from the Pentagon's chief spokesperson Sean Parnell, who wrote on the social media platform X that the report was "brazenly & maliciously wrong."

"Elon Musk is a patriot," Parnell said. "We are proud to have him at the Pentagon."

Democratic lawmakers and other groups have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest Musk may have because of his involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), given his stakes in electric vehicle maker Tesla and SpaceX, a U.S. space technology company and major aerospace contractor for the federal government.