Trump congratulates astronauts aboard the International Space Station for their incredible work

President Trump Calls the International Space Station. [applause] Tomorrow's going to be a big open level. West Point. Everybody watch a lot of members of Congress. >> Well, I just want to thank everybody. This is fantastic. [snorts] No idea. Geniuses and a point like this, but I just want to thank you. You do a fantastic job. very proud of Jared job he's done was recommended by everybody everybody wanted him Republican Democrat I even had an independent independent spoken in a long time but it's a great honor what you do is incredible have a lot of interesting things happening I was I think it was very important that I said you're also playing a very big part of the military both defense and offense. And so what you're doing is a lot of people don't realize that, but what you're doing is very important. We appreciate. Thank you very much. [applause] Station, this is Houston. Are you ready for the event? >> Houston, this is station. We are ready for the event. Well, this is a great honor to be with you is a great honor and I just want to thank and Jessica and Neil Jack uh great Americans, great patriots, brave people. I wouldn't do it. I will tell you right now, I hate to admit it. I would not want to do it, but some people love it more than anything. And you have amazing courage and the job you've done even to be selected along with your fellow compatriots. you have some very good friends on board too from different places and uh I don't know if they're hearing us but just welcome them also but I just want to congratulate you and today you know we announced a very big thing because we're going to do a very special academy and whether it's West Point Annapolis the Coast Guard Academy if you look at the Air Force Academy we're going to have an academy for what you people do everybody in this room would be excited and it'll be at the same I said it has to be at the same level if we're going to do it. It has to be at that very high level. Those are among the hardest schools to get into with the whole country. U I would say almost at the top and that's what we want. So we're going to set that up and we'll remember this day for that. And I didn't realize it when I announced it. Nobody knew about it and the room went sort of crazy. They liked it. But uh we just announced it and uh you probably saw. So congratulations on that. Are you feeling well being all the way up there? >> Well, first of all, that is very exciting news. We are thrilled to hear it. It's the first we've heard of it as well, and we want to welcome you on board the International Space Station. We and all of our colleagues are very thrilled to have you up here today. We're all doing very well. We've been in the middle of several spacew walks and we're getting ready for another one next week. >> That's very exciting. And I have a couple of people here that uh are very special to two people at least. And you want to say hello? Come on over. >> Hi, it's Anna. Great to see you guys up there. We love you guys. You're doing a great job. >> Hi, ba