Sources: advisers within Elon Musk's empire are pushing to announce a SpaceX-Tesla merger by H1 2027 so it can close while President Trump remains in power (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk has finally said the quiet part out loud: He's fully behind a historic combination of SpaceX and Tesla Inc., his two most valuable companies, in what would be the biggest corporate transaction ever attempted. Now comes the race to get it done.