Jared Isaacman

So...

Never really, you know, imagined it coming, although I always felt like I owed this country a great debt for living the American dream.

So I would look for any opportunity I could to repay it.

So anyway, back then, late November, I got a text message from a retired four-star that said,

I had known a little bit from my time at Draken and said that, you know, your name is being kind of passed around for a couple positions in the administration.

And...

And I was like, wow, that's awesome.

I never really imagined, but yeah, I'd be honored to have a chance to serve.

Then I had a missed call and then a text message.

I was actually running in New York in Central Park.

A number that wasn't in my phone, missed call, was like,

Would you be interested in serving in DJT's administration?

And I deleted it because I was like, you know, if it was not a scam, someone that I like, it would be like just a little bit more legit than this.

And then I got another text from the general who was like, they're trying to get a hold of you.

So the next thing was a call, a phone interview with Howard Lutnick, who's Secretary Lutnick now, a commerce secretary.

And he was leading the president's transition.

And it was like an hour-long call.

And he asked me if I was interested in the NASA job.

And I said, absolutely.

And the next day, I was in Mar-a-Lago with an interview with the president.