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The SpaceX CEO said he would decommission the only US spacecraft certified to fly American astronauts, before changing his mind hours later
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has claimed that his company “will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” after President Donald Trump threatened to terminate all US government subsidies and contracts with Musk’s firms.
Trump and Musk engaged in a dramatic exchange on social media on Thursday over the US president’s “Big and Beautiful” federal tax and spending bill, which the former White House government efficiency czar had blasted as a “pork-filled, disgusting abomination” that would push the US into “debt slavery.”
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” Trump stated on Truth Social, arguing that the only reason the Tesla CEO “went CRAZY” about the legislation was because it would cut tax credits for purchasers of his electric vehicles.
“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk responded in a post on X just minutes later.
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