US 19 march 2025 : President Donald Trump gave a huge shoutout to Elon Musk after the SpaceX Crew Dragon brought astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back home. The astronauts returned home after being stuck in space for nine months.
Reiterating the claim that Joe Biden abandoned the astronauts, Trump said in an interview with Fox News, hailing Musk as a “patriot,” “When I got into office, I said ‘Elon, we gotta get them out of there…Elon is able to do that with his genius, yet there are people who hate it, and I really believe these are people who hate our country.”
Meanwhile, Musk thanked Trump for giving importance to the mission, and congratulated SpaceX and NASA. “Congratulations to the @SpaceX and @NASA teams for another safe astronaut return!” he posted on X. “Thank you to @POTUS for prioritizing this mission!”
Summary: Donald Trump hails Elon Musk’s brilliance in ensuring the successful return of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.