White House on Trump purchasing SpaceX debt before space order: ‘No conflicts of interest’ — SkimNews
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- The White House said Friday there was no conflict of interest when Trump's accounts bought more than $1 million in SpaceX debt two days before he signed an executive order on space transportation policy.
- Trump's August financial disclosure, published Thursday, is the source surfacing the timing of the SpaceX debt purchases relative to the space policy order.
Why it matters: A president personally holding debt in a company positioned to benefit from a policy he signed two days later is the textbook optics problem that triggers ethics scrutiny. The White House is now on record with a flat denial, and future financial disclosures will be parsed for repeat patterns of this proximity.
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