Trump Withdraws Isaacman as NASA Administrator Nominee

‘It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda,’ White House spokesperson said.

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's nominee to be National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator, testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 9, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

A White House spokesperson confirmed on May 31 that President Donald Trump was withdrawing his nomination of Jared Isaacman to become the next administrator of NASA.

“The Administrator of NASA will help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump’s bold mission of planting the American flag on the planet Mars,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in an email received by The Epoch Times.