New Delhi, March 21 -- President Donald Trump said on Friday that war plans should not be shared with his adviser Elon Musk due to his extensive business interests in China. The statement marks a rare instance where Trump acknowledged potential limits to Musk's influential role in his administration.

"Elon has businesses in China," Trump said during an Oval Office meeting on a new fighter jet project. "And he would be susceptible, perhaps, to that."

Elon Musk, who leads Tesla and SpaceX, has played a central role in Trump's government efficiency initiatives through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). However, Tesla's deep financial ties to China-where it has a major production plant and sales market-have raised concerns abou...