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President Trump meets Artemis II astronauts at the White House

scienceApr 29, 2026381,015

President Trump hosted the four Artemis II astronauts in the Oval Office at the White House after their 10-day lunar flyby mission. The crew completed a 10-day mission that looped around the Moon, marking the first crewed lunar flyby since the Apollo era, and returned to Earth earlier this week. Trump greeted the astronauts, posed for photographs, and heard briefings on mission milestones and observations. The visit spotlights continued U.S. investment in lunar exploration and gives public visibility to NASA's Artemis program as it advances toward future crewed lunar objectives.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

the Artemis II crew looks mortified as Trump turns to them while he's attacking NATO

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westvillagecrank.bsky.social131

I am so depressed that people of real achievement have to stand with/near this vile pus bag.

Jay’s Art Corner69

Four of the smartest, most accomplished, well-travelled people in the entirety of human history. And they’re stuck listening to Donald Trump. Their inner monologues must be insane right now.

SheiSho20

Serious question - why are they there? Why would you go all the way to the moon only to come back and debase yourself with this horror show? Why?

Lisa 🇨🇦20

What an embarrassment. Well they should come to Canada and speak to a NORMAL leader and have pancakes & maple syrup! 🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦

Patric Reynolds13

The astronauts are all like “can we go back into space so we don’t have to share the earth with this stupid fuck?”

Alex James9

Anyone else, after seeing the King of the UKs speech to Congress, think that maybe it'd have been better if the US lost in 1776?

MakeAmericaSaneAgain9

Imagine busting your ass for years to become an astronaut and then you get to meet the worst president in history.

IMMORTAL KAHN8

Turn down the invite while racist white grandpa is there. Just say schedule is packed. Boom. If you go the inevitable fallout is shared by you.

Mike L.🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺7

WTF is the Artemis crew doing there anyway?!

edolis 🇪🇺🇮🇹6

yep, imagine having gone to watch the dark side of the moon and have to come back to endure his bs

Catherine5

Sad to see the NASA astronauts there

Michelle Dombrowski5

Why is the crew even there? I would never give Trump any of my time. He deserves NO respect. NONE.

L'Ood 🏜️4

His absolute disrespect to the #ArtemisII #NASA crew shouldn't be shocking but it is. 🤬 #EightySixFortySeven

Wendy M. A. Darling4

Hey Artemis crew, you didn’t HAVE to go!!

Mash3333

WHy the hell did they even attend this?

./coldwarkiid3

Every day its an avalanche of national embarrassments. I am so fucking tired of this guy.

Greg Sanderson3

He understands NATO about as well as tariffs. It's a defensive alliance. Donald can't simply order NATO into action to attack a country, regardless of whether he currently is. NATO won't help him attack Cuba either. His ignorance remains astonishing.

Breck Wilhite3

They thought his vision was based on movement.

ssnoel.bsky.social3

They looked much happier hurtling through space than being next to him and his nonsense.

Let’s Be Frank3

If I was one of them I’d have called in sick rather than be forced to listen to this moron.

bluedotinfl.bsky.social3

Why do they even go ?

gracelesslady76.bsky.social3

They were literally more comfortable being jettisoned into space.

KlamorKitten (She/Her)3

WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY THERE?? I'm sorry. I can't believe looks of shock or discomfort when they chose to fucking breath the same air as this piece of shit.

Evlyn Moreau2

Another good dose of normalization of fascism and anti-science.

Katrine Koenig2

as bloated as he looks - keep the champagne cold

Grant Olsen2

This is the result of the US never holding its own to account. Not the confederate generals, not Nixon, not the Bushes. You wind up with Trump and a golden ballroom/bunker. Brazil, South Korea, France, the UK, etc. don't allow this kind of criminal malfeasance to stand in their own countries.

Hagen Patrick2

"Why did we come back to Earth?"

smartbunny2

I hate that they have to be there with this garbage-brained piece of shit.

JLawBluDot2

Is he taking credit for the entire mission and NASA in general? Bc he was a couple weeks ago.

Peter2

He always does this to his honored guests, brings up his crazy policies and expects them to side with him, which they rarely do, unless they are his sycophants.

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