The Trump administration has confirmed that it is pulling the nomination of private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA.
First reported by Semafor, the decision appears to have been made because Isaacman was not politically loyal enough to the Trump Administration.
“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,” Liz Huston, a White House Spokesperson, said in a statement released Saturday. “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.”
