Bizarrely, the 72-year old then went to the bathroom, according to Mr Sims, looked in the mirror and said: “Space Station, this is your president.”
President Trump then began his scheduled meeting with the ISS, when he asked astronaut Peggy Whitson, who was speaking to the Republican live from the space station: “What do you see a timing for actually sending humans to Mars?”
Ms Whitson also explained the financial and technological hurdles to President Trump, who responded by saying that he wanted to complete the space mission “in my first term, or at worst in my second term. So I think we’ll have to speed that up a little bit”.
‘Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House’ is scheduled for release on January 29 and is already ranked seventh on Amazon’s best-seller list.