Musk ally pours gasoline on Tesla chief's feud with Trump after it cost him the top job at NASA

 An ally whose nomination to run NASA for Donald Trump was withdrawn the same day the 'First Buddy' departed the White House claims he lost his job out of revenge. 

Jared Isaacman, 42, had his nomination pulled Friday after a 'thorough review' of his 'prior associations,' Trump said. 

Isaacman has been a close collaborator with Musk ever since buying his first chartered flight on Musk's SpaceX company in 2021.

It has been heavily speculated that Sergio Gor, an official in the White House Presidential Personnel Office, pushed Isaacman out the door over disputes with Musk and failure to consult him and other personnel officials on some decisions.

Speaking to the All-In Podcast following his exit, Isaacman said that he still supports President Trump but suggests the speculation is correct. 

'I mean, people can draw their own conclusions but I think the directions people are going in seems to check out to me,' Isaacman said.

He even suggested that it wasn't personal between him and Trump, saying 'one person decided to make a move' to oust him. 

Isaacman also believes the nomination was withdrawn to coincide with his friend Musk parting ways with the administration. 

'I had a pretty good idea, I don't think the timing was much of a coincidence. Obviously, there was more than one departure that was covered on that day,' he said.

Isaacman blamed 'some people' with 'axes to grind' against either him or Musk, saying he was a 'good, visible target.' 

He described someone, presumably Gor, as 'an influential advisor coming in and saying: 'here's the facts and I think we gotta' kill this guy.'' 

'I want to be overwhelmingly clear: I don't fault the president,' Isaacman added.

The president maintains he backflipped on billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman's appointment after learning of his past donations to the Democrats.

But MAGA loyalists suspect Trump may have been set up to make the call by insiders who have it out for Elon Musk and are looking to hurt him by punishing his friend.

Trump ally Laura Loomer wrote: 'There is reason to believe that Isaacman may be facing retaliation because of his friendship with Elon Musk.

'If so, this would suggest there is a coordinated hit job on Isaacman in an effort to damage ties between President Trump and Elon Musk before the 2026 midterms.

'Is President Trump aware of the ulterior motives by some individuals in the administration who have an interest in seeing Isaacman's nomination pulled?'

The New York Times revealed on Sunday that Trump reportedly knew about Isaacman's donations from the moment he chose to nominate him to run NASA.