Musk's nationwide "airdrop" estimate: worth up to about 10.7 billion US dollars

On October 19, Elon Musk proposed a plan to gift one share of SpaceX stock to every child in the U.S. next year. Based on SpaceX’s closing price of $146.03 on October 16, the total value of shares would amount to approximately $10.22 billion if distributed to roughly 70 million children—or about $10.71 billion if extended to the ~73.37 million eligible children projected by the U.S. Treasury for 2026. Notably, the White House announced on October 7 the creation of nearly 70 million “Trump Accounts,” over 60 million of which were set up via auto-enrollment. If the stock-gifting initiative leverages these accounts, their current count could serve as an initial proxy for estimating participation. However, all figures cited above are calculated using the current share price; the actual scale and total value of the giveaway will ultimately depend on the final number of recipients, implementation details, and the stock price at the time of delivery.