President Donald Trump has confirmed previous reports that he’s withdrawing Jared Isaacman as his pick to lead NASA. Isaacman, a billionaire who owns a credit card processing company, was about to go for his Senate confirmation in the next few weeks. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Trump said in a Truth Social post late Saturday. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission Aligned, and put America First in Space.”

Trump did not elaborate on what, specific “prior associations” were found to sour him on Isaacman but Isaacman is a close friend of former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk, who left that post on Friday. Musk championed Isaacman for the NASA job and appea

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