{"id":5547,"date":"2025-01-31T00:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T00:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-reportedly-wants-some-space-from-elon-musk-he-may-have-found-a-solution\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T00:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T00:20:21","slug":"trump-reportedly-wants-some-space-from-elon-musk-he-may-have-found-a-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-reportedly-wants-some-space-from-elon-musk-he-may-have-found-a-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump reportedly wants some space from Elon Musk. He may have found a solution."},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is an adapted excerpt from the <\/em>Jan. 29 <\/em><\/a>episode of “All In With Chris Hayes,” guest hosted by Ali Velshi.<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics identified what appeared to be a previously undiscovered asteroid<\/a> orbiting precariously near the Earth. The next day, the center issued a correction<\/a>: It wasn’t an asteroid after all but rather some kind of “artificial object.”<\/p>\n

It was a car, a Tesla — specifically, the Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into orbit <\/a>as a publicity stunt back in 2018. Seven years later, it’s still up there, floating forever in the vast emptiness of space.<\/p>\n

52% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Musk, according to a new survey.<\/p>\n

Here on Earth, Musk may envy that type of solitude. His time in the public eye as Donald Trump’s <\/a>quasi-co-president has not made him very popular.<\/p>\n

Back in April of 2022, a YouGov poll <\/a>found that about half the country had a favorable view of the billionaire. Today, those numbers have flipped. Now, 52% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Musk, according to a new survey from AP-NORC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That same poll found that 60% of Americans think the president relying on the advice of billionaires is a bad thing. Only 12% like it.<\/p>\n

But it’s not just the public who is apparently growing weary of Musk. There are reports that he’s overstaying his welcome within Trump’s inner circle<\/a>and the president himself has reportedly been complaining the billionaire is “around a lot,” according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you read Trump’s social media posts, it almost sounds like he’s come up with a solution for that: launching Musk into space.<\/p>\n

“I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration,” Trump wrote on social media<\/a>. “They have been waiting for many months on @Space Station. Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!!”<\/p>\n

Maybe Trump just needs a little … space. <\/p>\n

Trump appears to be referring to Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore<\/a>two NASA astronauts who have been living on the International Space Station for almost eight months after their initial 10-day trip was extended due to technical difficulties.<\/p>\n

To be clear, Musk’s company SpaceX is already scheduled to get them back home in March, although it doesn’t seem like Musk was planning to go personally<\/a>. Maybe Trump just needs a little … space. Good luck, Elon!<\/p>\n

Allison Detzel contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ali Velshi<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ali Velshi is the host of “Velshi,” which airs Saturdays and Sundays on BLN. He has been awarded the National Headliner Award for Business & Consumer Reporting for “How the Wheels Came Off,” a special on the near collapse of the American auto industry. His work on disabled workers and Chicago’s red-light camera scandal in 2016 earned him two News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations, adding to a nomination in 2010 for his terrorism coverage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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