SpaceX-Tesla deal intended to close before end of Trump’s term: Bloomberg

[Tesla Signage at Delivery Front Entrance] baileystock Elon Musk has finally made his stance clear, throwing his full support behind a potential merger of SpaceX (SPCX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SPCX]) and Tesla (TSLA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TSLA]), his two most valuable companies, in a deal that could mark the largest corporate transaction in history. A merger announcement is being targeted for the first half of 2027, with the aim of closing the deal during Trump's presidency, _Bloomberg News _reported. The companies have a combined market value of about $3.7T. Musk’s strongest public endorsement yet, delivered during the first of back-to-back earnings calls, comes at a moment of extraordinary influence for the world’s richest man.