If President Donald Trump were to follow through on his threat today to cancel all government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk, it would likely derail Pentagon and Intelligence Community space operations, and specifically in the near term cripple the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, due to the US government’s reliance on SpaceX rockets. Trump and Musk, formerly a close advisor, engaged in a bitter and escalating war of words this afternoon on social media following Musk’s sharp criticism on X of Trump’s giant budget reconciliation package self-dubbed the “Big, Beautiful Bill.”. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” Trump posted on his own social media site in response to Musk’s criticisms and Musk’s suggestion he might consider backing the creation of a third political party.
Amid Trump, Musk blowup, canceling SpaceX contracts could cripple DoD launch program (Theeresa Hitchens – Breaking Defense)
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