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Baron2024

(1,492 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 05:22 PM Mar 2025

US Army General Warned Us About Musk

This is from an article back in December 2024 that was reposted on Facebook by Occupy Democrats. It is a little old but worth re-reading and reconsidering, I think.

BREAKING: Renowned former U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré sounds the alarm about the "national security risk" posed by MAGA billionaire Elon Musk — and he didn't hold back.
America can not afford to ignore this...

"Mr. Musk’s business ventures are heavily reliant on China. He borrowed at least $1.4 billion from banks controlled by the Chinese government to help build Tesla’s Shanghai gigafactory, which was responsible for more than half of Tesla’s global deliveries in the third quarter of 2024," the general writes in an Op-Ed for The New York Times.

"China does not tend to give things away," he adds. "The country’s laws stipulate that the Communist Party can demand intelligence from any company doing business in China, in exchange for participating in the country’s markets."

According to Honoré, this means that China could demand that Musk hand over sensitive materials due to his close proximity to the Trump administration, using his businesses as leverage.

"The last thing the United States needs is for China to potentially have an easier way of obtaining classified intelligence and national security information," writes the general"

"The question now is whether the incoming Trump administration will take this risk seriously," Honoré adds.

"The fact that Mr. Musk spent a quarter of a billion dollars to help re-elect Mr. Trump does not give the incoming White House the license to look the other way at the national security risks he may pose," he writes.

"If Mr. Trump and his appointees mean what they say about getting tough on America’s adversaries, then they will act on this matter without delay. There is too much at stake to ignore what’s right in front of them," concludes Honoré.

He is absolutely right. Musk's dream of being a corrupt oligarch who rules over America cannot be allowed to endanger us all. He must be investigated immediately.

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US Army General Warned Us About Musk (Original Post) Baron2024 Mar 2025 OP
. BoRaGard Mar 2025 #1
We must assume that China has all data stolen by Musk from the US govt. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #2
Along with Trump DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #7
John Brennan, ex CIA directer, said this right after Trump stole secret docs the first time. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #8
General Honore is a great patriot. IIRC he's the one who took command in... brush Mar 2025 #3
general honore is a no nonsense officer who kicked louisiana off of "stupid" when we were stuck rampartd Mar 2025 #12
Put this on the Home page Greyhead Mar 2025 #4
KnR Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #5
Spying for a few billion $$ KSL-Washington Mar 2025 #6
Links matter Attilatheblond Mar 2025 #9
TY & U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel L. Honor ! Cha Mar 2025 #10
K&R to the heavens above Evolve Dammit Mar 2025 #11
THAT is why they squealed so loudly when it was leaked that Musk Martin Eden Mar 2025 #13

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
7. Along with Trump
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 07:14 PM
Mar 2025

giving all info and intelligence to Putin, and Trump/Jared selling it for BILLIONS to any other government that wanted it.
AND also all intel other countries shared with us, which is in some ways worse............

Birds of a feather......no wonder they are working together...........They greatly admire each other's grifting......

WASF

Irish_Dem

(79,271 posts)
8. John Brennan, ex CIA directer, said this right after Trump stole secret docs the first time.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 07:22 PM
Mar 2025

We had to assume that Putin, China, Saudi, Iraq, NK, all of them had all our data.
Brennan also said it was certain that Trump had stolen docs at his other residents.
Which of course Garland did not search.

Yes Trump and Musk are two peas in a pod.
Narcissists, ruthless psychopaths, drug addicts.
Working for Putin.

And working for themselves.
They both want to be the richest and most powerful men in the world.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
3. General Honore is a great patriot. IIRC he's the one who took command in...
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 05:39 PM
Mar 2025

New Orleans after the hurricane and righted the situation and saved many lives as many white soldiers had taken to treating Black citizens harshly as refugees and training their weapons on them.

He saved the day there and should be listened to now.

Musk is national security threat who's just about running the musk/trump admin policies.

A James Bondian villain if there ever was one.

rampartd

(3,533 posts)
12. general honore is a no nonsense officer who kicked louisiana off of "stupid" when we were stuck
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 06:54 AM
Mar 2025

he would be a great senator or governor if we can talk him into running.

KSL-Washington

(13 posts)
6. Spying for a few billion $$
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 07:11 PM
Mar 2025

It was true then and it is true now. Remember that Elon was scheduled to get a briefing on future war plans that would come into play if we had to fight China? What a gift to Xi. Get that sucker as far from the White House as possible as fast a possible.

Attilatheblond

(8,107 posts)
9. Links matter
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 07:25 PM
Mar 2025
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-nationl-security-risk-nyt-op-ed-b2671611.html]

In a scathing op-ed, published in The New York Times, Honoré noted that Musk and his company SpaceX already face federal reviews for failing to provide details of meetings with foreign leaders, but said that such infractions were “just the beginning of my worries.”


More links after doing a duck duck go search: US Army General Warned Us About Musk

Cha

(316,394 posts)
10. TY & U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel L. Honor !
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 07:35 PM
Mar 2025

So many are finding out the hard way.

Martin Eden

(15,301 posts)
13. THAT is why they squealed so loudly when it was leaked that Musk
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 11:52 AM
Mar 2025

Was going to get a high level intelligence briefing on China.

If that is not TREASON, it's pretty damn close!

NO WAY should Musk have national security clearance.

Neither shiuld Kraznov, for that matter.

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