Trump jokes about NASA chief’s ‘beautiful ears’ at White House event: ‘He’s got super hearing’
Trump says the NASA Administrator has "beautiful ears" 😂
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"You heard that question with those beautiful ears of yours? He's got great hearing, you know? He's got super hearing." pic.twitter.com/WWsoZRunN9
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump made a remark to a NASA official during a press event in the Oval Office with the Artemis II crew.
On Wednesday, April 29, the US commander-in-chief welcomed NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, along with Jeremy Hansen. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman also joined them at the White House.
Trump praises Jared Isaacman’s ‘beautiful ears'
At one point, a reporter asked Trump if he’s “considering re-locating NASA headquarters from Washington, DC” when the lease ends in August 2028.
The Republican leader immediately directed the question to Isaacman, saying, “Well, the best man to tell you that is a man standing right over here.”
“You heard that question with those beautiful ears of yours?” Trump asked, before adding, “He’s got great hearing. You know, he’s got super hearing.”
Trump calls Washington, DC ‘one of safest cities’
Isaacman laughed at the comment and replied, “Trick of the trade, sir.” He then said that having headquarters in DC makes it easier for agency leadership to meet with lawmakers and other federal departments.
“And importantly, Washington, DC is one of the safest cities in the country. Maybe even more importantly than that, we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. And you helped make it hot,” Trump noted.
Trump expresses interest in going to space
At the start of the event, Trump praised the astronauts, saying, “We’re very proud of these people. They have unbelievable courage, unbelievable a lot of other things too.”
He then added, “To get in there, you have to be very smart, have to do a lot of things physically good. So I would have had no trouble making it, I’m physically very, very good. Maybe a little bit of a problem. We’ll have to try it.”
Trump also asked Isaacman if “a president’s allowed to go up in one of these missions?” “We can get working on that. We’ll launch more rockets, more opportunities,” the NASA chief replied.
The Republican leader further said he likes “space. You know, I started Space Force, as you very well know. It's going to turn out to be one of our most important things. I think it'll turn out to be one of the most important things they did.”
“A lot of people say, ‘Well is it worth it?' It’s really worth it because what’s happened militarily, you see what we’re doing militarily. A lot of that comes from space,” the president added.
