{"id":37399,"date":"2025-07-10T02:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T02:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-picks-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-to-lead-nasa-for-now-after-pulling-musk-backed-nominee\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T02:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T02:30:55","slug":"trump-picks-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-to-lead-nasa-for-now-after-pulling-musk-backed-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-picks-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-to-lead-nasa-for-now-after-pulling-musk-backed-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to lead NASA for now, after pulling Musk-backed nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump announced Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, weeks after Mr. Trump withdrew an Elon Musk-linked entrepreneur as his pick to lead the space agency.<\/p>\n<p>The president praised Duffy in a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114826109463640311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Truth Social<\/a> post, writing: &#8220;He will be a fantastic leader of the ever more important Space Agency, even if only for a short period of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honored to accept this mission. Time to take over space. Let&#8217;s launch,&#8221; Duffy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/1943107856254877927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NASA is currently led by Janet Petro, a former leader of the Kennedy Space Center who has served as the agency&#8217;s acting administrator since the start of Mr. Trump&#8217;s term. Petro&#8217;s status is unclear; a NASA spokesperson said the agency had no further details.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">initially chose<\/a><\/span> billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, but the president pulled his nomination just days before the Senate was set to hold a confirmation vote, citing a &#8220;thorough review of prior associations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114808616176041421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expanded on the issue<\/a>, saying Isaacman was recommended to him by Musk &#8220;and, while I thought his friend was very good, I was surprised to learn that he was a blue blooded Democrat, who had never contributed to a Republican before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Federal Election Commission records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=Jared%20Isaacman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">show<\/a> Isaacman has donated to Democratic congressional candidates and groups, though he has also given some money to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I also thought it inappropriate that a very close friend of Elon, who was in the Space Business, run NASA, when NASA is such a big part of Elon&#8217;s corporate life,&#8221; Mr. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post last weekend, referring to Musk&#8217;s company SpaceX, which has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-elon-musk-federal-subsidies-cost-tesla-spacex-billions\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">NASA contracts<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacman <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has previously flown on SpaceX rockets<\/a><\/span> as a private astronaut. In a Monday post on X, Isaacman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1942321556975432161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">described himself<\/a> as &#8220;relatively apolitical&#8221; and a &#8220;right-leaning moderate,&#8221; and said he disclosed his political donations prior to his nomination. He also said he &#8220;only know[s] Elon professionally&#8221; and does not own any equity in SpaceX, but he has a &#8220;firsthand appreciation for what he and his companies have accomplished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days after Isaacman&#8217;s nomination was pulled, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-elon-musk-executive-orders\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">feud between Mr. Trump and Musk<\/a><\/span> \u2014 a onetime Trump ally who served as the administration&#8217;s cost-cutter-in-chief by heading up the Department of Government Efficiency \u2014 burst into public view. The attacks between the president and the world&#8217;s richest man have largely focused on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a massive spending package that Musk has criticized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Duffy is temporarily taking over NASA at an important time for the agency, which is aiming to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-artemis-moon-mission-faces-delays-space-agency-pushes-ahead-60-minutes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">return astronauts to the moon<\/a><\/span> and, eventually, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/president-trumps-fy26-budget-revitalizes-human-space-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">land humans on Mars<\/a> for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy is the latest Trump administration official to serve in a dual-hatted role. Marco Rubio serves as both secretary of state and acting national security adviser, and is the acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Miles  Doran<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/joe-walsh\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joe  Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. 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