President Donald Trump says he is withdrawing the nomination of the technological billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump Elon Musk advisor, to lead NASA
Washington – President Donald Trump announced on Saturday night he is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman Technological BillionaireAn associate of Trump advisor ELON ALMIZCLETo lead NASA, saying that he came to the decision after an “exhaustive review” of Isaacman’s “previous associations”.
It was not clear to what Trump referred to and the White House did not immediately respond to an email application for an explanation.
“After an exhaustive review of previous associations, I retire the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I will soon announce a new nominated that will be aligned in the mission and will put the United States first in space.”
Trump announced in December during the presidential transition that had chosen Isaacman to be the next administrator of the space agency. Isaacman, 42, has been a nearby collaborator with Musk since he bought his first rented flight at the Musk Spacex company in 2021.
It is the CEO and founder of Shift4, a credit card processing company. He also bought a series of Spacex space flights and made the first private space walk. Spacex has extensive contracts with NASA.
The Commerce, Science and Transport Committee of the approved Senate Isaac nomination At the end of April and a vote of the complete Senate was expected soon.
Musk seemed to regret Trump’s decision after the news was learned earlier on Saturday, publishing at the X site that “it is rare to find someone so competent and good heart.”
Spacex is owned by Musk, a taxpayer and advisor to the Trump campaign announced this week that He leaves the government After several months at the head of the Government Efficiency Department, or Doge. Trump created the agency to reduce government size and put Musk in charge.
Semafor was the first to report that the White House had decided to pull the Isaacman nomination.
