And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.” Mogensen was responding to a clip of a recent Fox News interview in which Musk said that at President Trump’s direction,

Elon Musk’s latest space-related hammer throw is to call for the International Space Station to be deorbited as soon as two years from now.

As chairman of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Cruz effectively has control over Isaacman's confirmation process. He was also just re-elected to a six-year term, so theoretically Cruz is less susceptible to political pressure from the Trump White House.