Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts

Post by mindslight » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 3:06 PM UTC

jmyeet wrote: post #38

BirAdam wrote: post #24

So, the government would do what, lean on Russia with whom the USA is currently engaged in a proxy war? Also, for Boeing or Blue Origin, the cost would currently be higher per launch, and as far as I know, no one has the kind of satellite network that SpaceX does. Of course, those are sane considerations. I suppose I shouldn’t accuse the Donald of any kind of rational thinking.

SpaceX is critical infrastructure to the US at this point and its continued availability and operation is of national security interest. That may sound like it gives Elon power. It's the opposite, actually. No US administration will take lightly threats to national security infrastructure like this. The nuclear option for any administration is to nationalize SpaceX, which they absolutely could do. Less nuclear: the U…

Post by dingnuts » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 3:07 PM UTC

cyclecount wrote: post #44

jmyeet wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SpaceX is critical infrastructure to the US at this point and its continued availability and operation is of national security interest. That may sound like it gives Elon power. It's the opposite, actually. No US administration will take lightly threats to national security infrastructure like this. The nuclear option for any administration is to nationalize SpaceX, which they absolutely could do. Less nuclear: the U…

If it’s critical infrastructure it should be nationalized

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 3:10 PM UTC

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #42

It's wild that a president can say, "I don't like Elon anymore, so out of retaliation, I'm canceling all his government contracts," and ~40% of the country doesn't see that as corruption in any way, shape, or form. Government contracts should not be based on whether or not the president likes the CEO, and the CEO says enough good things about the president. If you can cancel contacts not based on merit, then it shoul…

Post by the_af » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 3:12 PM UTC

someothherguyy wrote: post #51

jmyeet wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SpaceX is critical infrastructure to the US at this point and its continued availability and operation is of national security interest. That may sound like it gives Elon power. It's the opposite, actually. No US administration will take lightly threats to national security infrastructure like this. The nuclear option for any administration is to nationalize SpaceX, which they absolutely could do. Less nuclear: the U…

> an absolutely insane thing to do Is it? The statement itself doesn't seem to imply anything other than Musk seems to think he is in those files. Trump is in some of the JE "files" that were already released (flight logs). I think the cultural obsession with the unknown surrounding Jeffery Epstein informs what people infer from statements like that. There are many less-than-flattering ways that Trump could be associ…

Post by the_af » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 3:15 PM UTC

mindslight wrote: post #52

jmyeet wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SpaceX is critical infrastructure to the US at this point and its continued availability and operation is of national security interest. That may sound like it gives Elon power. It's the opposite, actually. No US administration will take lightly threats to national security infrastructure like this. The nuclear option for any administration is to nationalize SpaceX, which they absolutely could do. Less nuclear: the U…

> It was Elon who heavily implied that Trump was a pedophile, which is an absolutely insane thing to do. How is it insane to repeat what everyone already knows? The only novelty here is Musk himself saying it to his legions of followers, who would have been otherwise inclined to downplay the significance of it.