Trump says withdrawing Musk ally as nominee to head NASA
Sunday, 1 June 2025 () Washington (AFP) June 1, 2025
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was withdrawing his nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, a close ally of Elon Musk, to lead space agency NASA. Trump said last December, before returning to office, that he wanted the online payments entrepreneur and the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk to serve as the next head of NASA. But on Saturday, he said on his T
In a shocking shake-up, President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman—an Elon Musk ally—to lead NASA. The decision comes just days before Isaacman’s long-delayed Senate confirmation vote. With no clear explanation from Trump, the space...
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