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Video of ‘Awkward Silence’ During Trump Artemis 2 Call Goes Viral

On Monday, President Donald Trump held a call with the Artemis II crew that went viral after a minute-long silence, during which neither the president nor the four astronauts spoke.
The crew is currently on a historic mission, having traveled 248,655 miles from Earth, setting a record for the farthest distance any human has ever journeyed from our planet.
During the call, Trump rambled about Canadian acquaintances, including hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and Prime Minister Mark Carney, before blaming the extended dead air on a "9-second delay."
Online criticism mounted as the White House recently proposed cutting NASA's overall budget by 23 percent, even while maintaining $8.5 billion in funding for the moon program.
Scaling back research threatens the progress necessary for future Mars missions, challenging America's ability to maintain historic human exploration milestones.

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Donald Trump knows how to make the entire world uncomfortable, even when the people he is speaking with are 250,000 miles away from the planet. The crew of the Artemis II mission got a call from the president as their spacecraft circled the moon on Monday night, which led ot an awkward silence that no one understood. President Donald Trump had a live call with the astronauts in space that ended after his awkward ranting and waiting for a praise…

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