Nationalization of U.S. economy continues with Intel

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1. I am very confused about what is going on here

I get the part where nationalisation mostly results in fewer regulations. That tracks:

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-spacex-executive-order-2113401

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that directed federal agencies to cut or speed up regulatory reviews for commercial rocket launches.

The order, which was designed to "eliminate outdated, redundant, or overly restrictive rules for launch and reentry vehicles," concerns the types of launches carried out by SpaceX, one of Musk's largest companies.

Newsweek reached out to SpaceX via email for comment.

The order also instructed Duffy to work with the Council on Environmental Quality to eliminate or expedite environmental reviews for launches, including reviews carried out under the National Environmental Policy Act.

SpaceX conducts several launches a month. These are normally a mix of private commercial flights and collaborations with NASA, which contracts Musk's company for regular flights to the ISS.

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SpaceX restated its goals for reaching Mars in a March statement: "Expansion of Starship production and launch operations in Florida will enable SpaceX to significantly increase the build and flight rates for Starship, which will be the first rapidly and fully reusable launch vehicle in history.

"Access to space is a critical and growing need for U.S. national security, leadership in science, the country's exploration goals, and for the growth of the economy. Starship will ultimately be responsible for sending millions of tons of payload to Mars—building a self-sustaining city to make humanity multiplanetary."

That’s standard issue GOP deregulation though specifically benefiting Musk more than anyone else.
Was he the first person to drop the Epstein thing or something? I really haven’t been following all that, but I vaguely remember a spat between Musk and Trump from about a month back and Musk ominously saying something about dropping the Trump and Epstein bomb or some such thing.

Well they are friends again it looks like. Because the last thing I vaguely remember is Trump telling Musk to go gratify himself.
They seem to have put it behind them.

Can’t keep up..

It’s scary and dull at the same time. Which is confusing..