Trump’s space budget reflects influence of Elon Musk and SpaceX

Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in President Donald Trump’s 2026 spending plan. Trump is delivering on Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon to reorient federal spending on space in a way likely to drive billions of dollars in new business to Musk’s space technology company, if Congress signs off on the budget plan.

At the Pentagon, Trump is calling for a massive jump in spending, an extraordinary 13% increase, almost entirely through allocations in a congressional budget reconciliation plan under consideration.

The jump would happen…