Elon Musk threatened and then backed off a Dragon Spacecraft that decided to “retire” Spacex, after Trump hit his business

• Elon Musk said SpaceX will retire immediately in his hatred with Trump.

• The news is being announced after Trump said canceling Musk's government contract would save money.

• SpaceX's dragon boat is used in NASA missions on the International Space Station.

Elon Musk's dispute with President Donald Trump has officially arrived.

Musk said in an article on Thursday that SpaceX “will immediately begin to retire its Dragon Spacecraft,” given Trump's statement canceling the billionaire's government contracts and subsidies.

SpaceX CEO includes screenshots of Trump’s earlier Truth Social Post, which says that termination of Musk’s administration contract would be “the easiest way to save our budget, billions and billions of dollars.”

Musk went back to the decision about five hours later.

X user Fab25June wrote on the platform: “It's a pity. You both are better than that. Calm down and back a few days.”

“Okay advice. OK, we won't retire the Dragon,” Musk said.

SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft is used to transport NASA astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.

“NASA will continue to implement the president's vision for the future of space. We will continue to work with our industry partners to ensure the president's goal in space is achieved,” NASA's press secretary Bethany Stevens said in a statement to business insiders.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The comments are as a dispute broke out between former allies on Thursday, Trump and Musk openly trade insults on their respective social media platforms, Truth Society and X.

Musk's government contract is worth billions, and SpaceX works closely with NASA. The company said the Dragon spacecraft designed to reuse can take up to seven passengers to orbit, the first private spacecraft that can transport humans to and from ISS.

NASA has relied on SpaceX's dragon to transport astronauts to orbit since 2020. The agency retired in 2011 and before working with SpaceX, it was dependent on Russia’s Soyuz Spacecraft to perform crew missions.

In 2024, NASA announced that SpaceX received a $843 million contract to help ISS retire in the early 2030s. The plan involves launching the ISS from orbit using a larger superpowered Dragon spacecraft, eventually landing in remote areas of the ocean. NASA plans to transition to the use of private space stations in the future.

Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist at the White House during Trump's first term, said in an interview Thursday that Trump should act immediately in response to Musk's announcement of retirement of the Dragon Spacecraft.

“Trump should sign an executive order tonight tonight that requires the adoption of the Defense Production Act to grant the president the federal law authorizing the influence or control of domestic industries in the name of defense,” Bannon said, “and to seize SpaceX by midnight. ”

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