There's a fight developing within the lawless Malignant Fascist's regime involving Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and South Afrikaner white supremacist sociopath and exploding rocket maker Elon "Leon" Musk over who should run NASA. Of course, Musk has a vested interest in who runs the agency, since much of his business involves SpaceX, which is making significant money from the U.S. space program. Sophia Tesfaye writing in Salon.com is watching the developing feud:
"Musk, who had a rather messy departure from his official government role in May, is once again making waves with a social media broadside against another Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. With Trump’s man is under attack by the MAGA movement’s favorite billionaire, loyalties are being tested.
Duffy, who was picked to helm the Transportation Department over the objections of Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who ran Trump’s transition and now serves as Commerce Secretary, was selected by Trump to become the acting administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in July. (Duffy reportedly wanted the job of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.) Trump has proposed cutting more than $6 billion from NASA’s budget, and Musk’s DOGE cuts have already impacted the agency. Around 4,000 NASA employees accepted deferred resignation program offers, which reduced the agency’s staff by nearly 20%. At the first Cabinet meeting in late February, Duffy accused Musk of pushing to lay off air traffic controllers, an accusation the SpaceX founder denied.
“Elon — or no one else — is the secretary,” Duffy told the New York Post’s Miranda Devine of the skirmish. “I run this department, and again, I didn’t want someone on the outside trying to tell me to fire people… [M]y position was, we are not going to fire air traffic controllers.”
According to Steve Bannon, 'This is why Trump picked Sean Duffy as interim head of NASA. When everyone was worshipping Elmo Musk, Duffy called him a liar to his face about laying off air traffic controllers. Now that Duffy’s in the room, SpaceX contracts are about to get real scrutiny.'" (our emphasis)
We can all applaud the idea that SpaceX contracts are going to get more scrutiny, regardless of who proposes it. Musk has been feeding at the public trough for some time, and it's time for his SpaceX venture to be well scrutinized. The damage from the Malignant Fascist's cuts is impacting not only space cadet Musk's visions of space flight grandeur, but is causing serious delays in flight operations due to budget cuts in air traffic controllers and TSA staff. The growing tiff between Duffy and Musk is certain to exacerbate the problems.
BONUS: Don't threaten us with a good time --
Elon Musk could leave Tesla as CEO if his proposed $1 trillion pay package was not approved, Chair Robyn Denholm warned in a letter to shareholders on Monday.
(photo: Sean Duffy and "Leon" Musk / Reuters)
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