The childish side of me wants to say “I know you are, but what am I?”

If he wanted to, Elon Musk could personally fund this five times over and still have a few billion left.

Thanks for the info. I wasn’t aware of that.

This is the equivalent of “aww, don’t worry buddy… you’ll get it next time”. In other words, how you might treat a child (apologies to any children for the comparison).

This negotiating tactic is particularly smart because even though it can be used to gain favor with Trump/US, the final decision of who gets the prize is out of their control so someone else can be blamed if he doesn’t get it.

… but not if you support a group that protests against genocide.

The headline is a bit premature. They have only threatened to pull out if Israel takes part.