President Trump\u2019s former nominee to lead NASA, Jared Isaacman, said he\u2019d be open to launching a congressional campaign after his nomination to join the second Trump administration was withdrawn. <\/p>\n
The billionaire said he’d run as a Republican and that he’d consider serving under Trump in a different capacity \u2014 or under another Republican president in the future. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think my story in politics is over,\u201d he told The Free Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce I got over some of the initial intimidation factor of being in the arena, I felt like I could actually help and contribute. There will be something else,\u201d Isaacman added. <\/p>\n The commercial astronaut\u2019s nomination for NASA was retracted in May after Trump cited his ties to former White House adviser Elon Musk.<\/p>\n A deeper search conducted by Sergio Gor, the director of the White House’s Office of Presidential Personnel, revealed Isaacman has contributed to Democratic campaigns. <\/p>\n \u201cElon asked that one of his close friends run NASA and, while I thought his friend was very good, I was surprised to learn that he was a blue blooded Democrat, who had never contributed to a Republican before,\u201d Trump said in a July Truth Social post<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cElon probably was, also. I also thought it inappropriate that a very close friend of Elon, who was in the Space Business, run NASA, when NASA is such a big part of Elon’s corporate life,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n