Donald Trump has been accused of "flipping the bird" at two women astronauts after they corrected him for saying they were the “first-ever female spacewalkers”.
The president spoke to Jessica Meir and Christina Koch last Friday as they undertook a historic joint mission outside of the International Space Station.
“You are amazing people,” Trump said.
“They're conducting the first-ever female spacewalk to replace an exterior part of the space station.”
The pair were, in fact, the first to complete an all-female spacewalk outside of the craft which Meir corrected the President about.
The first spacewalk by a woman took place in 1984, and 14 more have since followed.
After Meir corrects Trump, he appears to raise his middle finger to scratch his forehead and adjust his hair.
Twitter users quickly posted their outrage.
Shannon Watts wrote: “When gently corrected by one of the astronauts about how other women have spacewalked, Donald Trump uses his middle finger to "fix" his hair. How is this even real life?"
One user replied: “There is absolutely no way that was not on purpose. How dare he treat these women are much better than he ever will be and have accomplished much more in life than he has.”
Another added: “Trump gives our two female spacewalkers his middle finger as they correct him, saying they are not the first women to walk in space, as he had said. Flipping the bird was so obvious. Oh, how crude.”
One user described his “stupidity" as "out of this world”.
