Trump Makes Shock Offer After Finding Out Stranded Astronauts Got No Overtime Pay

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President Trump responds to a reporter telling him the formerly stranded astronauts received no overtime pay.

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00:00And I don't know if you've seen this, but the two astronauts that you just helped save

00:05from space, they didn't get any overtime pay for all that extra time.

00:09They got $5 a day per diem.

00:11For 286 days, that is $1,430 in extra pay.

00:18Is there anything the administration can do to get them, to make them whole?

00:23Well, nobody's ever mentioned this to me.

00:25If I have to, I'll pay it out of my own pocket, okay?

00:28I'll get it for them.

00:30I'll take care of that.

00:31I like that.

00:32I'll pay it right out of my...

00:34Is that all?

00:35That's not a lot for what they had to go through.

00:37And I want to thank Elon Musk, by the way, because think if we don't have him.

00:43You know, there's only so long, even though they're in the capsule up there, that the

00:47body starts to deteriorate after nine or 10 months and gets really bad after 14, 15 months

00:54with the bones and the blood and all the things that you've been reporting on very well.

00:59And if we don't have Elon, they could be up there a long time.

01:02Who else is going to get him?

01:05And I just want to thank him.

01:06He's going through a lot, what they're doing to him.

01:09And these people are going to be caught and they're going to be caught and they're going

01:12to be prosecuted.

01:14And from what they tell me, I see this just by watching your programs and reading the

01:20news.

01:21And from what they tell me, they could get 20 years in jail and they'll get it.

01:24I'll tell you, there's going to be no leniency and there'll be no pardons.

01:27I can tell you that right.

Trump Makes Shock Offer After Finding Out Stranded Astronauts Got No Overtime Pay

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