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The SpaceX CEO said he would decommission the only US spacecraft certified to fly American astronauts.

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.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is the only US spacecraft currently certified and capable of sending American astronauts to space. NASA has relied on it to deliver cargo and crew to the International Space Station since 2020, following a long hiatus after the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.

Boeing’s competing Starliner project suffered years of delays and technical malfunctions. Its first crewed flight last June – originally scheduled for 2017 – ended with two NASA astronauts stranded aboard the ISS, after the spacecraft was deemed unsafe for return. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely returned to Earth only in March, aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, after Trump urged Musk to help rescue the duo, while criticizing his predecessor Joe Biden for leaving them “stranded.”

SpaceX has received more than $20 billion in contracts from NASA, the Air Force, and other US agencies since 2008, becoming one of the biggest federal contractors. It remains unclear how serious Musk’s threat was, and how it would affect the US space program.

Earlier this year, NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos extended their seat-sharing agreement, which allows Americans to travel to the ISS aboard Soyuz spacecraft, through 2027.

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  1. They hatched a plan to deport nutjobs to loonybins in space and were building hotels and cities on the moon but Musk and Trump disagreed over naming rights. Lunartic City vs Lunatic City.

  2. Musk just found out about what it is like to be used and manipulated by a delusional ultra-rich high-level politician who doesn’t give a shit about his supporters, voters, or business partners, let alone the American People as a whole…!
    But. he is a good little lapdog for Israel and AIPAC, while threatening Americans with deportation, imprisonment and death sentences over expressing free speech against Israel, the Zionists, and the Talmudic J3w$!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7wX1-q8u8

  3. Handbags at 20 paces..! It’s total war as the big kids slug it out in the playground. Get your seat now and stock up on the popcorn..! Good Lord is there any end to this insanity..? 😂😂

  4. Is there any ‘world leader’ not throwing his toys out of the cot these days!?
    God must be disappointed and disgusted with his creations. Soon He’ll wrap things up here on good ol’ planet Earth. Time to get our houses in order if we can.

  5. Note to Elon;
    MOVE TO RUSSIA, JUST LIKE ED SNOWDEN DID WHEN HE UNCOVERED THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES,.
    Hopefully, Julian Assange (who we never hear about anymore) is safe in Russia.
    John Mark Dugan is also safe and well in Russia…
    Many North Americans (Yanks & Canadians) have moved to Russia.
    Elon can merge SpaceX with Roscosmos…!
    Elon can move his industries to Russia!
    But before Elon can do these things, he MUST renounce Judaism and become a Russian Orthodox Christian!

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