👀 Two things happening at once:
Elon is in talks with TSMC about Terafab.
Elon is co-leading Project Meridian, the Pentagon's 120-day study on future warfare. Findings due 1.28.
TSMC's most advanced fabs sit about 100 miles from China. Taiwan's security matters to TSMC. TSMC matters to Terafab.
My take: nobody has to say it out loud. Elon helps shape how America thinks about future wars. TSMC helps Terafab succeed.
An unspoken trade of benefits.