A handwritten message on a notepad spotted in front of Elon Musk during a Trump administration cabinet meeting has left people baffled.

Images posted on social media show the Tesla co-founder sat around a table with senior members of US President Donald Trump's Cabinet with the cryptic scribbling in full view before him.

It could be seen as a public riposte from the tech billionaire after a New York Times report published in March claimed Mr Musk was going to be briefed on "top secret" military plans drawn up in the event of a war between the US and China.

According to the publication's report, the briefing was to include 20 to 30 slides explaining how the US would fight a war with China. The Times cited two US officials it didn't identify. Mr Trump dismissed the report.

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