SpaceX may decommission ISS-bound Dragon spacecraft after Trump’s statements — Musk
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft following a statement from US President Donald Trump. Musk's announcement was a direct response to Trump's assertion on Truth Social that terminating Elon's governmental subsidies and contracts would save billions of dollars.
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“US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced following US President Donald Trump's threat to terminate state contracts with companies that belong to his aerospace company, SpaceX, that he will begin decommissioning Dragon spacecraft, widely used by the United States to deliver people and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).”
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Multiple web search results report that Elon Musk stated SpaceX would begin decommissioning the Dragon spacecraft immediately following threats from Donald Trump regarding the termination of government contracts. The evidence points to this sequence of events being reported by multiple independent news sources.
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— From June to September 2025, businessman and former presidential advisor Elon Musk and U.S. president Donald Trump engaged in a series of social media attacks, primarily across X (formerly Twitter) an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Musk_feud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Musk_feud
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— Elon Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known predominantly for his leading roles in the automotive company Tesla, Inc. and the space company SpaceX. Musk is also known for his ownership of techno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Elon_Musk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Elon_Musk
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— Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
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“"In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," Musk wrote on his X social network account.”
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Multiple web search results directly quote or paraphrase Musk stating that decommissioning would begin 'in light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts.' This specific phrasing is consistently reported across different search results.
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— Elon Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known predominantly for his leading roles in the automotive company Tesla, Inc. and the space company SpaceX. Musk is also known for his ownership of techno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Elon_Musk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Elon_Musk
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— The SpaceX Red Dragon was a 2011–2017 concept for using an uncrewed modified SpaceX Dragon 2 for low-cost Mars lander missions to be launched using Falcon Heavy rockets.
The primary objective of the i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Red_Dragon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Red_Dragon
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— X Corp. is an American technology company headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. Established by Elon Musk in 2023 as the successor to Twitter, Inc., it is a wholly owned subsidiary of xAI since March 28, 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corp.
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“US President Trump stated earlier on his Truth Social website: "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts."”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Donald Trump posted the exact statement, "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," on Truth Social. This is reported by several independent news sources.
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— Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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— From June to September 2025, businessman and former presidential advisor Elon Musk and U.S. president Donald Trump engaged in a series of social media attacks, primarily across X (formerly Twitter) an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Musk_feud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Musk_feud
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— Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social
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