After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk’s SpaceX rocket company and his Starlink internet satellite services, Musk responded via X that SpaceX “will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.

Billionaire Elon Musk has countered president Donald Trump's threat to "terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," threatening to permanently cut the United States off from space. "In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts,

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s spectacular fallout could have catastrophic consequences for the future of space travel.The two men – the president and the person who previously referred to himself as the “first buddy” – have in recent hours been engaged in a high-profile fight that has seen them make a host of threats and allegations about each other in public.