While speaking to the press from the Oval Office on Friday, President Trump said he would cover the cost of the missing pay for stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.
“The two astronauts that you just helped save from space, they didn’t get any overtime pay for all that extra time,” Fox News’ Peter Doocy said. “They got $5 a day perdiem for 286 days, that is $1430 in extra pay. Is there anything the administration can do to make them whole?”
“Well, nobody’s ever mentioned that to me. But if I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket,” Trump said, adding, “Is that all? That’s not a lot for all they had to go through.”
Popular conservative news account Libs of TikTok shared the clip of Trump extending the offer on X, saying, “The legacy media will never show you this side of Trump.”
Watch the clip below:
Trump says he will fill in the missing pay to the two astronauts from his own pocket after Biden left them stranded in space.
The legacy media will never show you this side of Trump.
President of the people 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/f8GnQWr8k5
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 21, 2025
President Trump has invited Williams and Wilmore to the White House as soon as they’ve recovered from their trip back from the ISS.
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