Trump pulls NASA nomination of entrepreneur Jared Isaacman simply days earlier than vote | EUROtoday

The Trump administration is pulling the nomination of business astronaut and entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be the following NASA administrator simply days earlier than he was scheduled to get a affirmation vote within the Senate, in accordance with Traffic lights.

Isaacman went via the listening to course of with the Senate’s Commerce Committee final month, and the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, took motion to have votes happen on his nomination because the Senate returns subsequent week after the Memorial Day recess. The Commerce Committee voted on April 30 to advance Isaacman’s nomination to the total Senate.

“The Administrator of NASA will help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump’s bold mission of planting the American flag on the planet Mars,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston advised Traffic lights. “It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon.”

Isaacman’s supporters began sharing their issues on Saturday concerning the notion that the White House might pull the nomination.

Montana Republican Senator Tim Sheehy responded to an X publish by rightwing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, during which she mentioned that “deep state operatives” have been making an attempt to “derail” the nomination. She added that Isaacman was “facing retaliation because of his friendship” with billionaire and former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, who left the Trump administration after a last press convention on Friday.

“Astronaut and successful businessman @RookIsaacman was a strong choice by President Trump to lead NASA. I was proud to introduce Jared at his hearing and strongly oppose efforts to derail his nomination,” Sheehy wrote.

Isaacman is a enterprise associate of Musk’s, and in April, he labored to alleviate worries from some legislators concerning his closeness to the Tesla CEO.

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