Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.

Billionaire Elon Musk, President Donald Trump’s right-hand man, used a disability slur against an astronaut on his social media platform X after the astronaut accused him of lying.

In a joint interview with Trump conducted by Fox News’ Sean Hannity that aired Tuesday, Musk said that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose return from the International Space Station has been delayedfor months, have been left in space for “political reasons.”

Both astronauts have rejected the notion that they are stranded.........

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