US EditionTrump Withdraws Jared Isaacman's NASA Nomination After Review of Prior Associations
- The White House announced on May 31, 2025, it will withdraw Jared Isaacman's nomination to lead NASA, days before the Senate vote.
- President Donald Trump nominated tech billionaire Jared Isaacman in December 2024, but the reasons for the sudden withdrawal remain unclear.
- Isaacman, CEO of payments company Shift4 and a private astronaut twice over, was widely welcomed by space industry insiders but encountered doubts from Democrats due to his close connections with Elon Musk.
- During his April Senate hearing, Isaacman expressed support for the Artemis program and prioritized human missions to Mars, aligning with Musk and Trump's focus on space exploration.
- The White House said a replacement aligned with Trump's America First agenda will be announced soon, emphasizing NASA's role in advancing US space leadership.
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Idaho PressUncertainty at NASA − Trump withdraws his nominee for administrator while the agency faces a steep proposed budget cut
The vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/Marta LavandierOver the past several days, NASA’s ambitious space exploration plans have experienced major setbacks. First, on May 30, 2025, newly released budget documents revealed the extent of the significant budget and personnel cuts proposed by the Trump administration. Then, just a day later, President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Jared Is…
Jewish entrepreneur Jared Isaacman won't helm NASA after Trump yanks nomination - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a Jewish entrepreneur who has traveled privately to space himself, to helm NASA. Trump nominated Isaacman for the role in December and a confirmation hearing was scheduled for this week. But Trump rescinded the nomination on Saturday, citing what he said on Truth Social was a “thorough review of prior associations” ahead of the hearing. Trump privately told allies that he was…
While he had announced that he would want to appoint Jared Isaacman, close to Elon Musk, as NASA's head, Donald Trump is in volte-face. The US administration invokes an incompatibility with the political line.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will withdraw the candidacy of technological billionaire Jared Isaacman, Elon Musk’s close ally, to head the NASA space agency, the White House reported this Saturday. Trump had said in December, before returning to the presidency, that he wanted the businessman of online payments and the first private astronaut to make a space walk to be the next head of NASA. However, The New York Times reporte…
The U.S. government announced the withdrawal of Jared Isaacman's candidacy as a future director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), prior to the holding of his vote in the Senate.The decision was issued hours after Elon Musk, a friend of the now expostulant, dismissed his address in front of the DOGE.Why Trump decided to remove Elon Musk's friend from NASA through his profile in Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump,…
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