Yes. Literally this was all planned out in the last administration, including the timing of SpaceX going to get them. It's just Trump taking credit for shit he has nothing to do with. You can see the date on the article here.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5087892/nasa-starliner-astronaut-return-iss-spacex
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5087892/nasa-starliner-astronaut-return-iss-spacex
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*Charitable guesstimate.
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/stranded-nasa-astronauts-return-from-space-delayed-until-at-least-late-march-2025-due-to-spacex-capsule-issues-nasa-reveals
Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who performed the first crewed test flight of Starliner, will return in February 2025 on the Space-X crew 9, according to NASA.
I still hope he demands Elmo to be on the rocket to go get them, while I am a horrible person I have no doubt others would enjoy “a rapid unscheduled disassembly”.