Trump's reason for dumping Elon Musk associate is falling apart: NYT

The reasons given by White House insiders on why Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Elon Musk associate Jared Isaacman to head NASA are now being questioned.

According to a report from the New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Ryan Mac, the dismissal of Isaacman was officially described as being due to “prior associations,” which was meant to convey it was because he had previously donated to Democrats.

According to insiders, the president was only recently alerted to Isaacman's Democratic largesse...