Elon Musk will return to the White House administration and lead the Pentagon’s «Meridian» project

Pete Hegseth said that Elon Musk will return to the White House administration as an adviser and lead the Pentagon’s research program, “Project Meridian”.

According to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the project’s goal is to analyze military domains in which the U.S. must dominate and the “capabilities that need to be mastered”.

The program’s work will focus on the development and deployment of advanced weapons and systems.

Musk was considered one of the most influential people in Donald Trump’s circle after his return to the presidency. The businessman headed the department for optimizing government operations (DOGE) for several months, but then a public conflict occurred between him and Trump, after which Musk left the administration.

In the summer of 2026, American media wrote that Trump and Musk had restored relations. It was also reported then that Musk planned to resume funding the Republican Party ahead of the congressional elections.

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