The following article by Melanie Schmitz was posted on the ThinkProgress website February 7, 2018:
The president praised Musk’s recent Falcon Heavy test-launch as “American ingenuity at its best.”
President Trump on Tuesday night tweeted his support for billionaire engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose aerospace company, SpaceX, had test-launched the Falcon Heavy lift rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida earlier in the day. Trump claimed that the rocket, which is eventually intended to carry payloads of up to 70 tons into low-earth orbit, was proof of “American ingenuity at its best.”
“Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch,” Trump tweeted. “This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best!” Continue reading “Trump praises Elon Musk for SpaceX launch, forgets Musk is from a ‘s**thole country’”