The comment comes amid a public feud between the Tesla CEO and Trump.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday withdrew his threat to decommission the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft used to make trips to the International Space Station, amid a public spat with President Donald Trump.
Musk wrote on social media platform X on Thursday that he would “begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately” after Trump threatened to cut government funding to Musk’s companies, including SpaceX.
But hours later, Musk said he wouldn’t go through with the plan, replying to another X user who suggested that both Musk and Trump “cool off” for a few days.
Good advice.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2025
Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon.
“Good advice. Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon,” the SpaceX CEO wrote in response to that suggestion.
Trump said on Truth Social that he may cut contracts and subsidies key to Musk’s businesses. His response came after Musk said that Trump would not have won the 2024 presidential election without his support. He was in turn responding to Trump’s statement that he is “very disappointed” in the Tesla CEO after he had been criticizing the One Big Beautiful Bill that is currently being considered by Senate Republicans.
“I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago,” the president also wrote on Thursday. “This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress.”
Trump also wrote that the bill needs to be passed because if it doesn’t, “there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that.”
He then added: “I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness.”
The Dragon capsule, developed with the help of government contracts, is an important part of keeping the space station running. NASA also relies heavily on SpaceX for other programs, including launching science missions and, later this decade, returning astronauts to the surface of the moon.
SpaceX is the only U.S. company capable right now of transporting crews to and from the space station, using its four-person Dragon capsules.
