08.06.2025 07:51
A crisis is escalating between President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk in the United States. Musk, who has parted ways with Trump's advisory team and criticized the tax cut proposal, deleted a post stating, "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files," but President Trump's anger has not subsided. It has been reported that NASA and the Pentagon are seeking alternatives to SpaceX due to the disagreement between Trump and Musk, the owner of SpaceX.
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According to a report by the American Washington Post, based on unnamed NASA and Pentagon officials, the US administration has started looking for alternatives for its space program.
STARTED LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE COMPANIES TO SPACEX
The report claims that following the increasing tension between Trump and Musk, Trump's statement that "contracts between Elon Musk's companies and the government could be canceled" led both NASA and the relevant units in the Pentagon to start looking for "alternative companies to SpaceX."
NASA WANTS TO FIND ALTERNATIVES JUST IN CASE
The report stated that Musk's warning about the "threat" of halting flights of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft had a "shock effect" on officials from both institutions, and although Musk later retracted this statement, it was interpreted as "NASA needing to find alternatives to SpaceX just in case."
While NASA conducts space flights using SpaceX's rockets, the Pentagon also works largely with the same company to launch its sensitive satellites.
HAD MENTIONED TERMINATING THE CONTRACT
After his disputes with Musk, President Trump stated on his Truth Social account, "The easiest way to save billions of dollars in our budget is to terminate Elon’s government subsidies and contracts."
Musk had expressed that NASA's SpaceX, which provides services for space flights, might consider halting this service, but later indicated that he had retracted this statement.
TRUMP-MUSK FEUD
Elon Musk described the budget proposal signed by President Trump as a "disgusting disgrace" in a post on his social media account. Musk stated, "I'm sorry, but I can’t take it anymore. This massive, outrageous Congressional spending bill is a disgusting disgrace. Those who voted for it should be ashamed. You know you did wrong."
President Donald Trump responded to Musk's criticisms regarding the tax cut law during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, stating that he "has always loved" Musk but was "disappointed" due to his recent criticisms. Trump mentioned that the removal of the electric vehicle mandate bothered Musk, saying, "Musk knew this proposal better than anyone, but then he caused a problem."
Elon Musk later responded to Trump's statements about him, saying, "If it weren't for me, Trump would have lost the election. The Democrats would control the House of Representatives, and the Republicans would be 51 to 49 in the Senate. How ungrateful."
Musk also touched on the reason for the non-disclosure of documents related to the case of American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of running a sex trafficking ring for young girls, stating, "It's time to drop the big bomb. Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That’s the real reason they are not being made public."
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