President Donald Trump blocked his righthand man Elon Musk from attending a top-secret Pentagon briefing about China. The Tesla CEO was due to attend the meeting about military plans in the event of a war with China on March 21, according to Axios, but Trump stepped in when details of the briefing leaked to the media.

As Trump’s trade war with China escalates, the White House appears increasingly cautious about Elon Musk’s involvement in foreign policy discussions owing to potential conflicts of interest. Previously the Tesla CEO and top Trump advisor had been given relatively free rein to host high-level meetings with global leaders,

Elon Musk recently denied reports that his SpaceX company is fighting to win a contract to build a missile defense system for US President Donald Trump.

Some lines are running at a small fraction of their previous capacity, and a handful of production teams have been thinned out by more than half.

Tesla sold only 6,406 units in early 2025, half of the previous quarter's sales. Broader Tesla sales also fell 13% amid increased competition.

When launching the production version of the Cybertruck in late 2023, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that the vehicle program would reach 250,000 units a year in 2025: “I think we’ll end up with roughly a quarter million Cybertrucks a year,