U.S. media: Trump administration reviews contracts with Musk's company

date
21/07/2025
According to US media reports on the 20th, after the relationship between US President Trump and billionaire Musk deteriorated, the Trump administration has begun to review contracts between Musk's space exploration technology company and multiple federal government agencies. The US Wall Street Journal reported that the General Services Administration of the United States has asked multiple government agencies such as the Department of Defense and NASA to fill out forms, report their cooperation with SpaceX, and understand if competitors can complete the same work more efficiently. Preliminary assessments show that most government contracts are difficult to cancel due to SpaceX's dominant position in rocket launches and low-earth orbit satellite services. Previously, Trump expressed on social media that the easiest way to save federal spending is to "terminate" government contracts with Musk's company. Musk had fully supported Trump in the 2024 US presidential election, but recently the two sides have had serious disagreements over issues such as the "big and beautiful" tax and spending bill, engaging in a war of words.