Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Thursday said his company SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft after he engaged in an extraordinary public fallout with Donald Trump who had threatened to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses.
“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk posted on the social media platform X, which he owns.
A few minutes earlier Trump had posted on Truth Social – the media platform that he owns – that he might cancel huge lucrative contracts with Musk’s businesses, which include the SpaceX company that is building a fleet of rockets.
Except that it is still America, and the government seizing private property…especially from a billionaire…is straight up “socialism” as far as most Americans are concerned. I have a feeling that might not go over as easily as people think.
Well there has always been socialism in the US but mainly for business with privatize the profit and socialize the losses.
In reality, who would have thought America would be acting the way it is now, they will nationalize anything they want and no one will stop them. It is not the same world as when 4 years ago, the feelings is coming fast.
The right wing has no actual ideology except power. They will happily nationalize anything that is mildly convenient, moans of “socialism” vanishing like the morning mist once Fox hands out talking points for a few days.