Musk meets Hegseth at Pentagon and says he is ready to ‘be helpful’

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth during a meeting at the Pentagon earlier in March (Rod Lamkey Jr/AP)

SpaceX founder and US President Donald Trump’s chief government efficiency liaison Elon Musk met Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday at the Pentagon, saying he was ready to do “anything that could be helpful”.

According to a CNN video of the two men leaving their meeting, Mr Musk refused to answer questions as to whether he received a classified briefing on China as part of the visit.