Trump, iron dome and SpaceX
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The Trump administration is threatening to cancel Boeing's gigantic SLS space rocket after just three launches. SLS has only launched once already. Future launches are planned for 2026 and 2027. Boeing and Lockheed could be forced to exit the space race in favor of "more cost-effective commercial systems" from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
President Trump no longer mentions Elon Musk in his social media posts, but Musk recently caught a flight to the Persian Gulf with the president.
President Ramaphosa pushes back against discredited claims from the US president that white South Africans are facing "genocide".
Updates and the latest news as Trump hosts South Africa's president and the House Rules Committee meets on the Republicans' budget bill.
President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval ... But the Tesla, Starlink and SpaceX CEO did not speak. Ramaphosa brought with him two white professional golfers from South Africa ...