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.

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    1 day ago

    They certainly could. I don’t think it’s a terrible idea either - Elon is not stable enough to handle the decision making for national security tech.

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      I mean, the current national security advisor doesn’t seem stable enough to handle the decision making either. It’s unsurprising that E-Mu fit in fine with this administration until recently.