— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 22, 2024 While the SpaceX founder noted it is only possible to travel to Mars every two years, he added SpaceX eventually wants to enable anyone who wants to be a space traveler to go to Mars, and that one day there will be “thousands of Starships” going to the Red Planet. However, Musk expressed concern something might happen on Earth, such as a nuclear war, that would threaten civilization’s ability to send supply ships to Mars. But what might have Musk most concerned right now is the Starship program “being smothered by a mountain of government bureaucracy that grows every year.” Musk gave an example of the “stifling red tape,” noting, “California has spent ~$7 billion dollars and several years on high-speed rail, but only has a 1600 ft section of concrete to show for it!” Musk’s tweet may have been inspired by former President Trump vowing at a rally in Wilmington, NC over the weekend to get the United States to Mars before his next prospective Presidential term ended in 2029. Former President Trump remarked, “Elon, get those rocket ships going, because we want to reach Mars before the end of my term.” He added, “We will never reach Mars if Kamala wins.” The owner of X seemed to echo Trump is his tweet, remarking, “While I have many concerns about a potential Kamala regime, my absolute showstopper is that the bureaucracy currently choking America to death is guaranteed to grow under a Democratic Party administration. This would destroy the Mars program and doom humanity.” Regardless of why Elon posted the tweet this weekend, it is clear he believes Trump is his best chance at getting to Mars. As he expressed in a tweet earlier this month, “We will never reach Mars if Kamala wins.”