The US president questioned the millionaire Spacex agreements with the Pentagon and NASA, after a week of crosses with the entrepreneur
The relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is going through their worst moment. After weeks of public crosses, the president of the United States announced that will review the millionaires contracts that the Magnate companies maintain with the federal state. “We are going to review everything. It’s a lot of money. It’s a considerable subsidy,” Trump said from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
The comment turned on the alarms in the business and political world. The president responded to the criticisms that Musk made against his budget proposal, which unleashed a Unexpected “political divorce” Between two figures that until recently showed a close relationship.
Spacex in the sights
Tensions focus on Spacexthe Musk Aerospace Company, which in April signed a contract of US $ 5,900 million with the US space force to launch satellites and develop missions in the next five years. To this is added an earlier agreement with NASA for US $ 2,890 million to build the Starship HLS lunar ship.
Musk, who until a few days ago headed the government efficiency office, reached threaten to dismantle the dragon programkey to supply the International Space Station. Although hours later it retracted, the warning exposed the tension level with the White House.
“Only if it is fair to the country”
Asked by journalists, Trump clarified that he will analyze the contracts “only if it is fair for him (Musk) and for the country.” He also said that the United States “can survive without those contracts” and that he does not have time to think about the businessman. “I am busy with China, Russia, Iran and the War in Ukraine,” he launched.
However, the president made it clear that The review is underway and that nothing is guaranteed. “I wish Musk best,” he ironized.
Meanwhile, from Washington they say that negotiations with China advance after an extensive telephone talk with Xi Jinping. In that geopolitical context, the Musk dispute adds a new front for Trump, which is already in campaign mode and with an increasingly confrontational tone.
Source: Ambito
