Elon Musk is contemplating decommissioning SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, responding to President Donald Trump’s apparent intent to terminate government subsidies and contracts with the billionaire’s companies. It looks like the feud between the former allies has quickly turned vicious.
SpaceX’s CEO initially announced that the company would retire its Dragon spacecraft in an X post on Thursday, with Musk sharing a screenshot of a post published on Trump’s Truth Social account earlier in the day.
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” said Trump in the screenshotted post. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk wrote on X.
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