Donald Trump Says Biden was ‘Going to Leave Them In Space’ on Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore.

Donald Trump Claims Biden Almost Left Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore in Space

Written by: Supriya Kadu

Edited by: Pinky Deshmukh

Last Updated: February 19, 2025

Summary: Former President Joe Biden was going to leave Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore in space, says Trump.

The US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk accuse former president joe Binden of abandoning two NASA astronauts on the ISS for "political reasons."

On Tuesday evening, Musk asserted in a joint interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News that "they were left up there for political reasons, which is not good."

When asked about the scenario, Trump replied, “They got left in space… He [Biden] was going to leave them there. I think he didn’t want the publicity.”

Due to problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule, astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been in space for 258 days instead of the eight days they were initially supposed to be on in June.

Musk responded to a question concerning Space X's effort to retrieve Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore by saying, "Well, we don't want to be complacent, but we have brought astronauts back from the space station many times before, and always with success."

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are on board at the space station since June 2024, and on January 20 Musk announced that Trump has requested him to hasten their return.

In August 2024, the space agency publicly stated that it had asked SpaceX to bring Williams and Wilmore back on the SpaceX Crew-9 spacecraft. SpaceX is a private company that undertakes routine missions every six months that were established by millionaire Musk.

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