Trump Celebrates Astronauts, Cuts NASA Budget

0:00On April 29, Donald Trump welcomed the four astronauts from the Artemis II mission to the Oval Office this week for a big celebratory press conference. The crew, led by Commander Reed Weizmann, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, just wrapped up a 10-day lunar. Fly by that smashed Apollo 13's record for farthest distance from Earth at 252,756 miles. Trump kicked things off praising their courage and smarts, then joked that he could have easily made the cut himself thanks to his top physical shape. The mission wrapped perfectly with the Orion capsule splashing down off San Diego on April 10 after orbiting the moon. Despite the cheers, Trump has pushed for a 23% slash to NASA's budget, including nearly half for space science even after. Congratulating the team on true social, that contrast has folks scratching their heads about his space priorities. The chat veered to other hot topics too, like the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling, gutting a key part of the Voting Rights Act that protected.

1:07Minority voters in redistricting, Trump called it a win and suggested states redraw maps before midterms. He also updated on Iran talk shifting to phone calls to save time, and he's upcoming UFO info releases that could surprise everyone. All this unfolded in one pack session, showing how these missions and policy shifts keep intersecting in wild ways under his watch.