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The spat escalated when Musk accused Trump of wearing thin and said that the former president had asked Musk to leave due to disagreements over the spending bill. Musk threatened to terminate SpaceX’s federal contracts, specifically decommissioning the critical Dragon spacecraft, which has been operational since 2012 and is vital for International Space Station missions. Such a move could strand astronauts and disrupt U.S. space efforts, a dramatic escalation in the ongoing space race.