Musk Privately Complaining That His Immense Donations to Trump Didn't Even Buy Him Control of NASA

Source: Futurism

Losing Control | Jun 5, 10:04 AM EDT by Victor Tangermann

Musk Privately Complaining That His Immense Donations to Trump Didn't Even Buy Him Control of NASA

Sore losers everywhere.

Billionaire Elon Musk's breakup with president Donald Trump, a feud that's been many months in the making, has become almost indescribably messy.

In public, the pair have mainly butted heads over Trump's tax bill, which is expected to add trillions of dollars to an already colossal mountain of debt.

Musk has excoriated the bill as a "disgusting abomination," ominously calling for any Republican lawmakers willing to support it to be "fired" during next year's midterm elections.

As a move that's widely been seen as retribution, the White House unexpectedly announced over the weekend that it's pulling Jared Isaacman's nomination — Musk's personal pick — for the role of NASA administrator. In a baffling statement at the time, the White House said Isaacman wasn't in "full alignment with" the Trump agenda.

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