Musk ally hints he lost top NASA job because Trump had ‘axe to grind’

Former NASA chief pick with ties to Musk hints he lost nomination because Trump had ‘axes to grind’All Podcast

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00:00you know, I expected to kind of have just a peaceful weekend. And the next thing I knew on

00:03Saturday, you know, there was a lot of activity on the internet. What did they tell you was the

00:07reason the president was withdrawing his nomination? I just said the president had

00:12decided to go in a different direction. We all serve at the pleasure of the president.

00:15You know, I don't think that the timing was much of a coincidence that, you know, there was other

00:20changes going on the same day. You know, there was obviously there was more than one, you know,

00:26departure that was covered on that day. And, you know, there were some people that,

00:30you know, that had some access to grind, I guess. And I was a good visible target.