The White House has mentioned that Elon Musk’s latest offers, together with his takeover of Twitter and operations of Starlink web in Ukraine, are usually not underneath nationwide safety evaluation. And whereas that would appear like a denial of the unique reviews from final week by Bloomberg News concerning the offers, there’s seemingly nonetheless some wiggle room in what was mentioned by President Joe Biden’s press secretary on Monday.

Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that members of the Biden administration had been “discussing whether the U.S. should subject some of Elon Musk’s ventures to national security reviews.” The report didn’t say {that a} safety evaluation was taking place, simply that there had been discussions. But the White House insists that the report is mistaken.

The query from a reporter on Monday, in accordance with the press convention that was livestreamed on YouTube:

There have been some barely conflicting reviews about Elon Musk, as a result of on one aspect there’s been a report that he may be subjected to some type of nationwide safety evaluation. There’s been these… he’s been type of trolling on Twitter, speaking with Medvedev on Twitter. So there’s been somewhat little bit of confusion about what his position is there. And on the opposite aspect, there’s been reviews that he’s in discussions or the authorities is in discussions with him about offering Starlink to Iran, or to the folks protesting in Iran. So may you give an overview of like — what’s the administration’s dealings with Elon Musk, who’s clearly not any person — , he’s an vital individual.

The response from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre:

No, I… I do know there’s a variety of curiosity on this. We’ve heard these reportings. Those reportings are usually not true. So we’ll go away that there. The nationwide safety evaluation, that’s not true. And I actually don’t have extra to say on that piece, as properly… on the Elon Musk and what he’s selecting to do and to not do. I’m not going to say extra from right here.

You’ll discover that Jean-Pierre’s reply appears to counsel the White House is denying {that a} nationwide safety evaluation has been instigated. But Jean-Pierre’s reluctance to elaborate any additional looks like there might be the chance that different members of the Biden administration had been contemplating the opportunity of a nationwide safety evaluation.

Musk’s financing for the $44 billion Twitter deal reportedly consists of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, two forces that might arguably exert stress on the billionaire towards content material they dislike.

Musk, who additionally depends on the Chinese Communist Party’s largesse to function his Tesla manufacturing facility in Shanghai, has beforehand mentioned he’d like all authorized speech to be permitted on Twitter as soon as he takes over. Musk can also be prone to reinstate individuals who’ve beforehand been banned from the social media platform, together with former president Donald Trump, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and former Grand Wizard of the KKK David Duke.

With Musk anticipated to additionally reduce Twitter workers by 75%, the social media firm ought to develop into fairly the cesspool quickly. But solely time will inform.