Two astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, are set to return to Earth after an extended stay on the International Space Station. Their return has become a point of political contention in the United States, with former President Donald Trump criticising the Biden administration's handling of the situation. Trump alleges that Biden 'forgot' the astronauts in space, while expressing gratitude to NASA for facilitating their return.
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00:00Even Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's return have turned into a political showdown
00:04in the United States of America.
00:05It's Donald Trump hitting out at the former Biden administration as Sunita Williams is
00:10set to return.
00:12He is alleging that Biden forgot the astronauts in space.
00:16Remember the two stranded astronauts who were stranded for nine months at least for what
00:21was a nine-day mission?
00:23Donald Trump says Biden was incapable of even bringing the astronauts back home.
00:29Donald Trump thanking the NASA chief for the return that's being made possible, also
00:33saying looking forward to seeing Butch and Suni, Suni as Sunita Williams is called.
00:38And remember, we are expecting in the next 24 hours for the two astronauts who've been
00:43there at the ISS for a while now, set to return to Earth.
00:47But of course, there will be all the technical aspects, the gravity issues, all of that will
00:52be looked into.
00:58So, you know, don't make all those plans without me.
01:01We'll be back before too long.
01:03I can tell you at the outset, we have, all of us have the utmost respect for Mr. Musk
01:08and obviously respect and admiration for our president of the United States, Donald Trump.
01:13We appreciate them.
01:14We appreciate all that they do for us and our human space flight for our nation.
01:19And we're thankful that they're in the positions they're in.