The White House has tamped down talk of punishing Elon Musk’s billions of government contracts now that he and president Trump have tamped down their epic feud. But a pivotal role floated for his SpaceX company to build Trump’s $175 billion Golden Dome could now be under threat.

‘No efforts have been made on that front, as far as I’m aware,’ is how White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded when asked whether the White House was looking at nixing Musk’s contracts. That came after the president wrote publicly about terminating his ‘governmental subsidies and contracts’ and warned of ‘serious consequences’ if Musk decided to financially support Democrats while he was railing against Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ for after forecasts showed it would tack trillions onto the national debt.

That came in the midst of their explosive feud that finally tamped dow n after Musk started posting favorable tweets, phoned Trump, and said he regretted ‘some of my posts’ in their X war. Musk companies have existing contracts estimated at $38 billion without Golden Dome.

Now, the role for his company has come into question, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the project. It would be a major conceptual turnaround. abrupt turnaround from when Trump sat next to a graphic poster board showing a protective dome intended to shield the nation from incoming missiles.

The White House had been pushing consideration of a plan where Musk’s rocket and satellite company – which ferries astronauts and payloads to the International Space Station – would be a key partner in the project. Also involved would be Palantir and drone maker Anduril. And in an indication of how personalities and affiliations could be playing in the ambitious projects, a ‘new framework’ is now under consideration which would scrap the need for Musk’s network of orbiting satellites. It would focus on ‘existing ground systems for missile defense instead,’ according to the report.

It is unclear how this reworked system would counter the growing threat of hypersonic missiles, which can travel up to 10 times the speed of sound and change direction mid-flight. The Pentagon had been considering various plans, including some relying on multiple satellites and even space-based interceptors. A Defense official told Reuters that DOD ‘has no announcements regarding future contracts associated with the Golden Dome effort.’

The White House said said the administration is ‘committed to a rigorous review process for all bids and contracts. Trump announced his Golden Dome to much fanfare from the Oval Office. Republicans put a $25 billion line item for it in the House version of his ‘big, beautiful’ bill now making its way through the Senate.

‘‘We’re going to have it at the highest level,’ Trump said. ‘Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it,’ he said, adding that ‘as usual, we help Canada as best we can.’ ‘We’re talking about $175 billion total cost when it’s completed,’ Trump said. Pressed on whether military brass liked the idea, Trump responded: ‘I suggested it and they all said, “We love the idea sir.” That’s the way it’s supposed to be, right?’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called it ‘a down payment on President Trump’s priority to defend our homeland.’ Defense contractors were scrambling this spring to submit more than 300 concept papers. Some doubt Trump’s budget estimates as lowballs. Former Pentagon comptroller Dov Zakheim estimated it could cost up to $100 billion each year thorugh 2030/. DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House for additional comment.