Trump Says He Will Personally Cover Returned Astronauts’ Overtime Pay If NASA Doesn’t

‘If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket,’ the president told members of the media in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 21, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should be paid more after their eight-day test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft turned into a nearly 10-month post on the International Space Station, according to President Donald Trump.

The president made his opinion on that matter clear to members of the press in the Oval Office on March 21.