Musk Calls Reuters A ‘Total Scam’ After $9M Paid By DOD to study "large scale social deception"

Elon Musk is calling Reuters a total scam after the organization was paid $9 Million by the Department of Defense to study "large scale social deception"

Musk posting,
"Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for 'large scale social deception. That is literally what it says on the purchase order! They’re a total scam. Just wow."

President Trump meanwhile is demanding that Reuters "Give back the money, NOW!"

DOGE investigations revealed the Defense Department payments were made to Reuters for the project between 2018-2022.

Thomson Reuters Owns the news agency Reuters, which was founded in 1851 by Paul Reuter. The Canadian media conglomerate Thomson Corporation acquired Reuters in 2008, and the two companies merged to form Thomson Reuters