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13. Who's "abandoning astronauts in space" now, Taco Trump?

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:58 PM

Jun 5

During a Fox News interview with host Sean Hannity on Feb. 18, Trump said he gave Musk the “go-ahead” to accelerate a mission to retrieve the astronauts, claiming that they had been abandoned on purpose by former President Joe Biden to avoid political backlash. Trump said, “They didn’t have the go-ahead with Biden. He was going to leave them in space. I think he was going to leave them in space. … He didn’t want the publicity. Can you believe it?”

It was not the first time Trump had made such an accusation. On Jan. 28, Trump took to Truth Social to post, “I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration.”

During the Hannity interview, Musk claimed that at Trump’s request “we are accelerating the return of the astronauts, which was postponed, kind of, to a ridiculous degree,” saying that “they were left up there for political reasons, which is not good.”

In response to Musk’s claims, several astronauts took to X to refute the idea that the astronauts were purposefully abandoned. Andreas Mogensen, a former SpaceX astronaut from Denmark, posted: “What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.” In response to Mogensen, Elon replied: “You are fully retarded. SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago. I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused. Return WAS pushed back for political reasons. Idiot.”

Mogensen responded by stating, “Elon, I have long admired you and what you have accomplished, especially at SpaceX and Tesla. You know as well as I do, that Butch and Suni are returning with Crew-9, as has been the plan since last September. Even now, you are not sending up a rescue ship to bring them home. They are returning on the Dragon capsule that has been on ISS since last September.”

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/the-facts-behind-the-delayed-return-of-u-s-astronauts/

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Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 5 OP

this is like watching a manic tennis match C_U_L8R Jun 5 #1

more like spoilt brats having a temper tantrum. AllaN01Bear Jun 5 #29

Is THAT why Thump is being nice to Russia?? nitpicked Jun 5 #2

During Trump 1.0 Putin patted him on the head and said, "Who's a good boy?" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 5 #18

Or more likely Putin is still playing TACO tRump, only in a different way. groundloop Jun 5 #30

shithole will sic DOJ & AG Bondi on elon........... Lovie777 Jun 5 #3

Yes, but Musk has the money and connections to hold them off, speak easy Jun 5 #4

And gods know what data his tech babies gathered all Trump & 'all the president's men' Attilatheblond Jun 5 #27

This is why the shuttle program should have never been cancelled. Though it appears that Putin has been more reliable question everything Jun 5 #5

TACO. Musk is betting on TACO. speak easy Jun 5 #8

The shuttle was fragile delivery system. Wifes husband Jun 5 #17

And this is why..... Mustellus Jun 5 #6

Isn't Dragon how they launch Starlink? RussBLib Jun 5 #7

Oops RussBLib Jun 5 #9

Artemis (to the Moon) uses Dragon as a resupply ship, and "Starship" - the one that keeps blowing up muriel_volestrangler Jun 5 #14

Dragon is actually a crew capsule (that has its own independent stuff) BumRushDaShow Jun 5 #16

No, Falcon is how they launch Starlink. speak easy Jun 5 #11

Cargo Dragon is the freighter BidenRocks Jun 5 #38

Are SpaceX and Starlink costing Musk more than they are earning? If so it could just be an excuse to ditch them. cstanleytech Jun 5 #41

This is going to be akin to watching a couple of ... Tarzanrock Jun 5 #10

... Javaman Jun 5 #12

Who's "abandoning astronauts in space" now, Taco Trump? muriel_volestrangler Jun 5 #13

Great. He's all about space but wants to fuck over our astronauts. paulkienitz Jun 5 #15

Simply put, BidenRocks Jun 5 #19

Knowing shithole, he might easily contract with Russia IronLionZion Jun 5 #20

the muskrat can also turn off starlink to any location at any time at his ketamine/psychedelic whim. erronis Jun 5 #21

...a sudden late night disconnection, immediately following a nasty post about Musk on Truth Social leaves the White EastBayGuy Jun 5 #35

And putler launches supersonic nukes... Justice matters. Jun 5 #37

Exactly why a bunch of flaky narcissists shouldn't be the ones running our manned space program LT Barclay Jun 5 #22

M'kay. dchill Jun 5 #23

Can't rely on private contractors Puppyjive Jun 5 #24

Damned Straight. Before long our space exploration will be a thing of the past. groundloop Jun 5 #31

EXACTLY! Raven123 Jun 5 #33

Yeah but think of the efficiency IronLionZion Jun 5 #34

Is it costing him more money than it's earning? Because that's what I'm leaning towards being the real reason. cstanleytech Jun 5 #25

The enemy of my enemy... COL Mustard Jun 5 #26

My thinking is, that: DENVERPOPS Jun 5 #28

See, that's why NASA never should have been privatized. ananda Jun 5 #32

This is what happens when NASA gets privatized. PSPS Jun 5 #36

Boeing blew it! BidenRocks Jun 5 #39

Military intervention now! Canada Kid Jun 5 #40

Sputnik was launched. America freaked out. BadgerMom Jun 5 #42

This is what you get when you put petulant children in charge mdbl Jun 6 #43