On Monday, the WSJ reported, "Saudi Arabia is in talks with Tesla about setting up a manufacturing facility there, people familiar with the discussions said, as part of an ambitious push by the kingdom to secure metals needed for electric vehicles and help diversify its economy away from oil."

The article continued: "The talks are at a very early stage and could fall apart. Any deal could be fraught with complications, given Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's contentious relationship with the Saudis as well as the kingdom's existing partnership with the company's electric-vehicle rival Lucid Group."

The problem is: the story wasn't exactly true.

While Musk did meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan over the weekend, the Saudi rumor, he said, is false.

"Yet another utterly false article from WSJ," responded Musk on X (formerly Twitter) Monday, along with a screenshot of the page.