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With Trump and Elon being friends and Trump even talking about Starship and starlink during the victory speech I think it is likely that we might actually go to the moon. Trump's new friends are tech heavy and Elon is a main character and a true space nerd.
If DOGE happens, I rate the chance of Trump and Musk still being friends by the end of 2025 at 25%. Trump doesn't want to actually cut spending on popular programs (which is almost all of them), Musk does. This isn't an issue that can be papered over.
Yes. And Elon only has experience with high margin companies, or at least potentially high margins, and for which people want desperately to work with and are ok to burnout for, eg because they are a cool entry on the CV and stepping stone for a better job down the line, but I have less confidence he could turn around a boring company in a boring established industry, were people just want to have save job and retire in 20 years. And I am very sceptical he could reform a government bureaucracy.
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