Trump pulls NASA nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman just days before vote

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Trump pulls NASA nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman just days before vote

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and entrepreneur

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administrator just days before he was scheduled to get a confirmation vote in the

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Isaacman went

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last month, and the Senate Majority Leader, Sen.

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, took action to have votes take place on his nomination as the Senate returns next week after the

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recess. The Commerce Committee voted on April 30 to advance Isaacman’s nomination to the full Senate.

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and execute President Trump’s bold mission of planting the American flag on the planet

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spokesperson Liz Huston told Semafor. “It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon.”

The entrepreneur

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to say that he’s “incredibly grateful to President Trump … the Senate and all those who supported me throughout this journey.”

“I have not flown my last mission—whatever form that may ultimately take–but I remain incredibly optimistic that humanity’s greatest spacefaring days lie ahead,” he added. “I’ll always be grateful for this opportunity and cheering on our President and NASA as they lead us on the greatest adventure in human history.”

Jared Isaacman was set to receive a confirmation vote in the Senate in the coming days (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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Saturday regarding the notion that the White House could pull the nomination.

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Senator

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responded to an X post by rightwing conspiracy theorist

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, in which she said that “deep state operatives” were trying to “derail” the nomination. She

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that Isaacman was “facing retaliation because of his friendship” with billionaire and former head of the Department of Government Efficiency,

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, who left the Trump administration after a final press conference on Friday.

“Astronaut and successful businessman @RookIsaacman was a strong choice by President Trump to lead NASA. I was proud to introduce Jared at his hearing and strongly oppose efforts to derail his nomination,” Sheehy

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Isaacman is a business partner of Musk’s, and in April, he worked to alleviate worries from some legislators regarding his closeness to the Tesla CEO.

He took a step away from Musk during his confirmation hearing and said he would emphasize a lunar landing if confirmed, a goal that Musk, the CEO of

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, has referred to as a “distraction.”

Former NASA administrator

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left the post on January 20, and the space agency hasn’t had a Senate-approved administrator since.

This comes as

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found that the president’s budget proposal would see funding cuts for the agency as well as reductions in its workforce.

Isaacman, the billionaire CEO of Shift4, a payment processing company, has had a long-standing relationship with Musk, which has been a point of criticism for Senate

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. SpaceX is one of NASA’s most significant contractors.

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in March that Musk had requested that Isaacman lead NASA, something Democrats focused on during his confirmation hearing.

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