Trump brings back Elon Musk's friend Jared Isaacman as NASA nominee

Donald Trump has renominated Jared Isaacman to lead NASA months after pulling the same nomination during what Trump described as a “thorough review of prior associations.” The decision puts Jared back into a role he was originally selected for in December before Trump even formally returned to the White ￰0￱ is an eccentric billionaire who founded of Shift4 and commanders two private ￰1￱ Jared is also known to be close

long-term friends with Elon Musk whose companies hold major influence in the ￰2￱ ￰3￱ the statement shared Tuesday on Truth Social Trump wrote “Jared’s passion for Space

astronaut experience and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration unlocking the mysteries of the universe and advancing the new Space economy

make him ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new Era.” That post marked the formal reinstatement of Jared’s ￰4￱ first nomination was withdrawn in late May after tensions between Trump and Elon who at the time was involved in a White House effort to cut the size of federal ￰5￱ said the withdrawal was due to reviewing Jared’s “past associations,” but he did not explain ￰6￱ suggested the reference pointed to Jared’s earlier donations to Democrats though nothing was confirmed from the White ￰7￱ reorganizes Shift4 and prepares for Senate confirmation Days after the pulled nomination Jared addressed Shift4 ￰8￱ wrote that his “brief stint in politics was a thrilling experience.” He then announced that he would step down as CEO and instead become executive chairman of the company he founded in 1999 at age ￰9￱ had been planning to leave the CEO role if the Senate confirmed him to lead NASA

but the confirmation process did not take place at that ￰10￱ July NASA has been led temporarily by Sean Duffy the Transportation Secretary as interim ￰11￱ arrangement continues while the government remains shut ￰12￱ shutdown began at the start of October

but the Senate is still able to vote on presidential ￰13￱ will need Senate approval before he can officially take control of the ￰14￱ has a long background in aerospace and military ￰15￱ 2012 he co‑founded Draken International a Florida defense aviation company that operated one of the largest fleets of privately owned fighter ￰16￱ company trained ￰17￱ pilots and managed defense contracts worth hundreds of millions of ￰18￱ previously stated that the model saved taxpayers ￰19￱ lays out NASA direction and answers questions in Senate hearing During nearly three hours of testimony Jared described how he would reshape NASA around a “mission‑first” structure

with an emphasis on efficiency and stronger coordination with commercial ￰20￱ supported Artemis II and III which rely on the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft but questioned their timelines and ￰21￱ asked “Why is it taking us so long

and why is it costing us so much to go to the Moon?” He called for a data‑based review of these systems to determine whether they remain viable for long‑term space ￰22￱ said he would support extending the International Space Station through 2030 while increasing research output through public‑private research ￰23￱ also opposed a proposal from the White House to cut 50% of NASA’s science budget and 20% of its overall budget starting in ￰24￱ questioned Jared about NASA’s strategic reasons for potentially pushing toward Mars. and he responded that he would operate with transparency and would pursue a dual‑track strategy for the Moon and ￰25￱ Ed Markey asked Jared about his relationship with Elon ￰26￱ replied that they were not close and said he did not share NASA plans with ￰27￱ confirmed that he was interviewed only by Trump when offered the ￰28￱ when Markey asked whether Elon was present during that interview

Jared refused to directly ￰29￱ up to $30,050 in trading rewards when you join Bybit today