NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, who remained in space for nine months before their return to Earth last week, deserve to get the extra pay they’re due, President Donald Trump agreed Friday, even if he has to pay it from his own pocket.
The astronauts, according to NASA will be paid only their regular pay and a $5 per diem pay for the 286 days they were in space — but not overtime, according to an article in The New York Times this week, totaling just $1,430 in extra pay for the time they had to wait before coming back home.
“Nobody has ever mentioned this to me, and if I have to, I will pay that out of my own pocket,” Trump said during a press conference aired live on Newsmax. “I will pay it right out of my … is that all? That is not a lot for what they had to go through.”
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