Elon Musk has been quietly dealing with nations on the side, as Donald Trump worked on all the countries for tariffs. Musk has now bought the rights to the Moon from all the smaller countries.
With a trillion in capital and stocks, Musk has signed with all the Western countries to buy the rest of the Moon. He will be putting down 10% of the 10 trillion dollar price. Part of the downpayment will be financed. Trump Meme Coin made a substantial investment. Also, Social Security trust funds are now free from real investment, so The United States will "take a look at that" according to Trump. But in his mind they are just sitting there and "could be going to the moon."
Trump has also partnered with the United States for a 50/50 investment in the minerals on the Moon. The Trump-US partnership has made an exclusive contract for minerals on the Moon for the next 100 years. The Moon will eventually also be used as a processing site for minerals from Mars.
Concerned scientists and back yard astronomers were immediately concerned about the future of solar eclipses. Will the Moon get smaller soon? Will solar eclipeses ever be the same?
Tesla will be the exclusive buyer of Lithium from the Moon that the Trump-US partenrship will mine. Musk is responsible for the transport of minerals from the Moon to Texas. For this service, Musk will get the Lithium 50% off.
President Trump checks off this deal as one more landmark in Making America Greater Again. "China will never get any of the Lithium from the Moon."
Musk owns several major companies. His Boring Comapny will immediately be drilling a hole trhough the core of the Moon. "It will be exciting to see what is there." The hole will be small enough that there is no danger of the Moon falling apart. At least the engineers said so.