President Donald Trump introduced late Saturday that he’s withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an affiliate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to steer NASA, saying he reached the choice after a “thorough review” of Isaacman’s “prior associations.”
It was unclear what Trump meant and the White Home didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for a proof.
“After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Trump wrote on his social media website. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space.”
Trump introduced in December throughout the presidential transition that he had chosen Isaacman to be the area company’s subsequent administrator. Isaacman, 42, has been an in depth collaborator with Musk ever since shopping for his first chartered flight on Musk’s SpaceX firm in 2021.
He’s the CEO and founding father of Shift4, a bank card processing firm. He additionally purchased a collection of spaceflights from SpaceX and carried out the primary non-public spacewalk. SpaceX has intensive contracts with NASA.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee authorised Isaacman’s nomination in late April and a vote by the total Senate was anticipated quickly.
Musk appeared to lament Trump’s resolution after the information broke earlier Saturday, posting on the X website that, “It is rare to find someone so competent and good-hearted.”
SpaceX is owned by Musk, a Trump marketing campaign contributor and adviser who introduced this week that he’s leaving the federal government after a number of months on the helm of the Division of Authorities Effectivity, or DOGE. Trump created the company to slash the scale of presidency and put Musk in cost.
Semafor was first to report that the White Home had determined to tug Isaacman’s nomination.
This story was initially featured on Fortune.com
