“You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit” by Musk, attorney and researcher Will Stancil wrote on X. Stancil shared a screenshot that appeared to confirm that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) was awarded a NASA contract worth just shy of $39 million on Tuesday.
Elon Musk was blasted Wednesday following revelations that the Trump administration plans to spend $400 million on "armored” Teslas in what’s reportedly the State Department’s biggest contract of 2025.
As Musk is making cuts through DOGE across government, SpaceX has been awarded a $39 million defense contract.
As Musk continues to gut federal government agencies, Tesla has been awarded a $400m contract.
Critics called Musk out after learning of the Tesla contract with Marco Rubio’s department.