But as a person who has done big deals before, he almost certainly understands that congress needs its cut.
Congress needs to shovel enough pork to defense contractors so they get campaign contributions to get re-elected. They just won't support a budget that cuts that out.
IMO, the only real hope is that congress + the next president can carve out enough money (ideally at least 10% of the SLS budget) to actually do something useful.
Maybe he has, maybe he hasn't.
But as a person who has done big deals before, he almost certainly understands that congress needs its cut.
Congress needs to shovel enough pork to defense contractors so they get campaign contributions to get re-elected. They just won't support a budget that cuts that out.
IMO, the only real hope is that congress + the next president can carve out enough money (ideally at least 10% of the SLS budget) to actually do something useful.