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One thing I wanted to ask somewhere, Jared Isaacman was NOT a Musk pick, or am I not right?

They pulled Jared Isaacman because it was revealed he had donated to Democrats.

That was their excuse. But they probably knew it already upfront, and of course Trump himself has done so and obviously knows that rich people donate to both parties just to cover their bases and that it means relatively little.

I think it's more likely that Jared was pulled at the suggestion of some staffers that never liked him or Musk in the first place but weren't able to get their way with Trump as long as Musk was still around.

Basically they pulled a fast one on Musk, who believed that with his giant (300$ million give or take) donation would be able to get his preferred candidate to NASA.

The fact that he was quite competent and generally liked doesn’t matter to Trump, who seems set on defunding NASA and having someone there who won’t complain.

Nah thats bait and the simple answer. Nothing to do with musk it was all known before the relations. Space was not ready for Jared and it denied him. Wonder why? Well if you do a little digging you will see he has some really bad news about him. Like no person on Earth would want to work with him when they listen to what comes out of his mouth. I wonder if there are recordings of him there sure is a book of his actions.

They knew that from the start. He pretty much said himself it was a retaliation in the Musk/Trump situation.

That's pretty amusing, considering Trump spent decades as a NY Democrat.

Rules for thee, not for me.

Elon too, until 2022.

He was.

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