[Trump Renominates Musk Ally as NASA Administrator] According to CNBC, U.S. President Trump has renominated Elon Musk's ally Jared Isaacman as the Administrator of NASA. Isaacman, a close friend of Tesla CEO Musk, was initially nominated for the position last December, before Trump officially took office. Isaacman is a billionaire who founded the payment company Shift4 and has led two private spaceflight missions. However, at the end of May this year, Trump withdrew the nomination following a dispute with Musk.