BREAKING: Donald Trump branded “petty” after subtly throwing shade at the Artemis II crew, turning a historic space moment into an unexpected ego orbit, leaving critics saying even the Moon wasn’t far enough from the drama. Check full details👇👇👇

Trump ranted at Artemis II astronauts

President Donald Trump was mocked online for his comments targeting the crew of NASA’s Artemis II.

Fox News interrupted its regular programming and live-streamed President Trump’s chat with the Artemis II crew. The president spoke with the team, which includes three Americans and one Canadian. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency appeared to be all smiles during their talk.

Trump, though, admitted he had issues with one of the astronauts being Canadian. This comes as Donald Trump was spotted in public after the White House slammed ‘demonic’ health rumors.

“America is a frontier nation,” the president said, refusing to mention Canada on April 6, “The four astronauts of Artemis II are modern pioneers. You really are modern-day pioneers. All of you. And one of you happens to be a neighbor. You know who that is, right? You have a special person there. A neighbor. Ehhh… we like our neighbor.”

Hansen kept a smile on his face while the others turned their heads and looked in his direction.

Viewers took to social media and slammed the president’s comments, especially for downplaying the astronaut’s historic achievement.

One person said, “Lots of laughs. He’s such a petty little b—-,” while another added, “All that is good and clean about NASA – and there is a LOT – is now smeared with a little sh– because this a–hole is even speaking to them. I wish he’d just have ignored them. Everything Trump touches dies, at least a little.”

A third wrote, “The most awkward moment in this whole beautiful international story. Trump is turning it into an American success. He’s not even mentioning the major UE (United Empire Loyalist) involvement. Crazy moment!”

Despite the criticism, Trump did have a supporter who shared, “It’s ridiculous that we let a Canadian astronaut on the mission and let them put their flag there like they had anything to do with this. They didn’t pour their tax money into this.”

The group’s conversation with President Trump took place after contact was restored. They had an intense 40 minutes without radio transmission for the first time in 50 years as they reached the far side of the moon.

Before re-establishing communications with the mission control team in Houston, Flover sent a heartfelt transmission to Earth.

“Thank you to all of you for allowing us to be on this immense journey together,” Flover said. “To all of you down there, we love you from the Moon.”

“Houston copies, we’ll see you on the other side,” a woman at NASA responded, to which Glover replied, “We will see you on the other side.”