As astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams prepared to make their way back to Earth for a planned Tuesday-evening splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, President Donald Trump praised the efforts to bring them home — and his own role in doing so.

The safe return to Earth of two astronauts stranded for months on the International Space Station has gotten political in a hurry. President Trump took to Truth Social to blame former President Biden for their stranding and to take credit for bringing them home.

The White House has praised President Donald Trump for the return of two NASA astronauts who were part of the failed Boeing Starliner mission. However, NASA had already made arrangements for their return before Trump took office.