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Sean Duffy irks White House as drama over top job at NASA seeps into public view
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy aims to permanently lead NASA and merge it into his department amid competition from Jared Isaacman, causing internal White House friction.
- On Monday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is beginning to anger the White House as drama over his temporary NASA role spilled into public view, CNN reported.
- By going directly to the president, Duffy has privately said he wants to hold the space chief job permanently and fold NASA into the Department of Transportation, bypassing White House channels.
- Last week, Elon Musk publicly sparred with Duffy, posting that `Sean Dummy is trying to kill NASA!` after Duffy criticized SpaceX’s $2.9 billion lunar lander contract, highlighting internal tensions.
- White House officials say the president will eventually name a NASA head but is not fixated on timing, while Trump privately praised Duffy during his Asia trip despite public attacks.
- Amid wider DOT troubles, including a shortage of air traffic controllers worsened by the federal shutdown, Jared Isaacman’s earlier withdrawal helped trigger a public feud between Trump and Elon Musk.
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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is beginning to anger the White House as drama over his temporary position as administrator of NASA and the "internal wrangling" over the future of the critical agency spills out into the open, CNN reported on Monday. "Duffy ... has said privately that he would...
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Sean Duffy irks White House as drama over top job at NASA seeps into public view
Some Trump administration officials, including at the White House, have expressed frustration with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in recent weeks as internal wrangling over who will lead NASA spilled into public view, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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