NASA Labels Boeing Starliner Failure Severe as Fatal Challenger Incident

Did Trump rescue stranded astronauts from Biden's incompetence or was this manufactured political theater?
NASA Labels Boeing Starliner Failure Severe as Fatal Challenger Incident
Above: L-R: NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore in Houston, Texas, on March 31, 2025. Image credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images

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Right narrative

Biden's reckless administration left two American heroes stranded in space for 286 days purely out of petty politics, refusing Elon Musk's offer to bring them home because of his alliance with Trump. Nonetheless, Trump intervened to secure their safe return through SpaceX, and NASA confirmed this rescue wouldn't have happened without his leadership. Biden's dangerous incompetence risked American lives while Trump delivered results and is now pushing forward an ambitious and safe space agenda.

Left narrative

Boeing and NASA demonstrated significant organizational shortcomings and lapses in professional judgment. However, the astronauts, who are the true heroes of this story, were never abandoned and calmly performed their duties aboard the ISS while Trump and Musk falsely claimed a rescue was needed for political theater. If anyone should be ashamed, it's Musk, who pushed baseless claims without evidence and picked online fights with actual astronauts who called out his lies.


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