Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), hosted Donald Trump, the president-elect of Texas, at SpaceX‘s South Texas facility close to the Mexican border on Tuesday. Trump watched intently as Musk explained the Starship jet start methods using a unit. The president-elect next watched the lift-off under the bright sunshine.
Contrary to its earlier test last month, the washable booster failed to return to the launch pad, which added to the complications. Otherwise, it was guided to get in the Gulf of Mexico.
The launch event highlighted the growing alliance between them, with potential implications for British politics, management, foreign policy, and place investigation, including possible human operations to Mars.
Musk has unheard of access to the$ 200 million contribution made to Trump’s victory over Democrat Kamala Harris. He has advised on leadership meetings, participated in Trump’s dialogue with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and been selected to co-lead an expert panel on reducing national government.
Musk stands to gain professionally from this partnership. His business, SpaceX, plans to establish a Martian settlement out of billion-dollar government contracts. He has faced regulatory issues relating to autonomous driving safety and is currently in charge of Tesla’s electric car manufacturing.
” Stop the Swamp”! He warned that vested interests in Washington were attempting to derail Trump before his opening in a letter he wrote on Tuesday.
In September, Musk addressed debate about his support for Trump, posting on X,” There is no quid pro quo. With a Trump administration, we may do big government reform, eliminate bureaucratic paperwork that is smothering the country and uncover a new age of prosperity”.
Their connection has evolved considerably. Two years ago, Trump criticised Musk at gatherings, while Musk suggested Trump may “hang up his helmet &, float into the twilight”.
Recently, Musk has become essential to Trump’s inner group, appearing more important than actually Ohio lawmaker JD Vance. Trump has started gushing about Musk’s accomplishments at campaign activities frequently.
At Mar-a-Lago on election day, Musk’s appearance was significant. Musk’s “achieving brother position” was noted in a photo Trump’s daughter Kai Trump shared with him at a Trump golfing resort.
At a recent black-tie celebration at Mar-a-Lago, Trump praised Musk’s intelligence and figure, highlighting how Musk prioritised plan help over rocket launches. Trump joked about Musk’s frequent occurrence, saying,” He likes this area. I ca n’t get him out of here… And you know what, I like having him here”.
Regarding the election result, Musk said,” The public has given us a mission that could not be more apparent”.
