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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:08 PM Jun 2019

Trump: "NASA should be focused on Mars (of which the Moon is a part)"

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!

1:38 PM · Jun 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone


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Trump: "NASA should be focused on Mars (of which the Moon is a part)" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2019 OP
WTF???????????? grumpyduck Jun 2019 #1
This is what happens when you tweet from Uranus underpants Jun 2019 #2
DUzy worthy! Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #4
good one! Kota Jun 2019 #7
Hats off to pants, y'all!! Leghorn21 Jun 2019 #8
Thread winner! /nt sdfernando Jun 2019 #11
Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #12
100% Maraya1969 Jun 2019 #14
Underpants hits a walk-off home run Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #16
Hunter Pence! underpants Jun 2019 #20
Say Hunter Pence ten times, real fast Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #27
MLB Players weekend 2018. underpants Jun 2019 #36
An early Hunter Pence scouting report Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #45
Hilarious underpants Jun 2019 #47
Vin Scully, a closeted dyed-in-the-wool Giants fan loves him Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #48
Vin for the Win! underpants Jun 2019 #50
Gave you some thanks on my MEMES thread. underpants Jun 2019 #61
LOL, You should have given a shout out to Hunter's Hitters Youth Baseball Camp - Think of the kids Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #62
That got ONE PERSON to the Major Leagues underpants Jun 2019 #63
Google Hunter Pence troll signs Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #64
He's my guy now underpants Jun 2019 #65
The things Hunter Pence hears in right field Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #66
LOL! pandr32 Jun 2019 #24
OMG that was priceless! Thank you. GemDigger Jun 2019 #40
This is the only possible sane response to what the Mad King tweeted. Well done, you. nt Hekate Jun 2019 #41
👍 underpants Jun 2019 #42
You owe me a new monitor! Initech Jun 2019 #49
You've been sitting on that one. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #51
I have! underpants Jun 2019 #54
DJT is a Kling-on? lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #52
Tee hee! Well played, man. DinahMoeHum Jun 2019 #58
LOL Iliyah Jun 2019 #3
I think Jeff speaks for many of us: Leghorn21 Jun 2019 #5
Less then a month ago Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #21
And....11.8k people -(HUH!) are talking about this.....stupifying..... asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #6
Jeeze, so much for the "genius" part. JoeOtterbein Jun 2019 #9
stunning.. stillcool Jun 2019 #10
He DOES have a way with words. DFW Jun 2019 #13
Actually, I think he means going to the moon again will be "a part of" the program to go to Mars. tblue37 Jun 2019 #18
Of course that's what he meant, but it's not what he said DFW Jun 2019 #23
ut oh. We've learned to understand trumpese. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #53
Woof - this is bizarre even for DJT dwayneb Jun 2019 #15
Dumbass! MineralMan Jun 2019 #17
wait!!! SCIENCE????? LOL IcyPeas Jun 2019 #19
What IDIOT suggested we go to the Moon in the first place? brooklynite Jun 2019 #22
Updating "his" budget? Elwood P Dowd Jun 2019 #25
Work work work underpants Jun 2019 #26
My favorite film! mcar Jun 2019 #30
Oh for sweet Jesus' sake mcar Jun 2019 #28
Not sure if I should laugh or cry anymore. logosoco Jun 2019 #29
I think this is a great idea from Trump!! Bleacher Creature Jun 2019 #31
Better yet, let him be the first to be sent on a mission to Alpha Centauri! The Genealogist Jun 2019 #35
Only if there truly are little green men to give him a good probing ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #55
He's trying to become The Onion. awesomerwb1 Jun 2019 #32
Yep, right on time, "The Moon" is trending at #6! Leghorn21 Jun 2019 #33
What a fucking idiot! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 #34
You may be right, he may be crazy but how do you think he's launching SPACE FORCE ships? underpants Jun 2019 #39
Yet 40% of Americans worship him The Genealogist Jun 2019 #37
Huh? Run that by us again. Vinca Jun 2019 #38
Wait a minute. shockey80 Jun 2019 #43
WTF? area51 Jun 2019 #44
Mars is a part of the moon? matt819 Jun 2019 #46
Total Fucking Idiot! lark Jun 2019 #56
We shouldn't be going back to the moon. We did that 50 years ago ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #57
From The Guardian nitpicker Jun 2019 #59
A few hours earlier the NASA administrator spoke nitpicker Jun 2019 #60

Response to underpants (Reply #2)

Brother Buzz

(36,458 posts)
48. Vin Scully, a closeted dyed-in-the-wool Giants fan loves him
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:48 PM
Jun 2019

"He's one of my favorite players because he tries so hard, and he’s constantly in motion. He would make coffee nervous." - Vin Scully

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
5. I think Jeff speaks for many of us:
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:13 PM
Jun 2019
going to the moon was *your* idea, you doddering
old buffoon. my god, imagine being trapped for hours
on a plane with this yammering coked-up flannelmouth






tblue37

(65,483 posts)
18. Actually, I think he means going to the moon again will be "a part of" the program to go to Mars.
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:32 PM
Jun 2019

But he is so bizarrely inarticulate that what he ends up saying comes out as total gibberish.

DFW

(54,436 posts)
23. Of course that's what he meant, but it's not what he said
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:40 PM
Jun 2019

If he's this articulate in giving orders to the armed forces, it's a miracle we haven't obliterated London, Paris and San Francisco by now.

dwayneb

(768 posts)
15. Woof - this is bizarre even for DJT
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:22 PM
Jun 2019

I've always thought that this guy is strung out on amphetamines, Adderall, something like that. The gobbledygook that flows from his primordial brain is astonishing. And yet, the Cult swallows it all, never questioning the mindless tripe that the Great Leader asks them to absorb every single day.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
29. Not sure if I should laugh or cry anymore.
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:47 PM
Jun 2019

This morning I took my grandsons, ages 9 and 11 to a library program about science, space was the subject. I am sure that everyone of those kids in attendance is smarter than the person currently playing the role of POTUS>

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
31. I think this is a great idea from Trump!!
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:49 PM
Jun 2019

And to celebrate it, he should be the first person to go on that mission!!

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
35. Better yet, let him be the first to be sent on a mission to Alpha Centauri!
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:02 PM
Jun 2019

Just tell him how much adulation there will be for him, and he'd suit right up!

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
33. Yep, right on time, "The Moon" is trending at #6!
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:53 PM
Jun 2019
”So this week Trump continued his feud with a dead
man, picked a new one with Bette Midler, attacked a
royal family member, said Ireland should build a wall
on its border with N. Ireland, that he didn't serve in
Vietnam b/c it was far away, & the moon was part of
Mars. Cool cool.”


underpants

(182,868 posts)
39. You may be right, he may be crazy but how do you think he's launching SPACE FORCE ships?
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:06 PM
Jun 2019

That’s right, steam powered catapults baby!

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
37. Yet 40% of Americans worship him
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:04 PM
Jun 2019

How long before he literally buys a handful of "magic beans," and plants them to get a beanstalk?

 

shockey80

(4,379 posts)
43. Wait a minute.
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:21 PM
Jun 2019

Does he think the moon circles mars? Or does he think the moon broke off from mars and now circles earth? LOL. Help, my brain is melting.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
46. Mars is a part of the moon?
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:28 PM
Jun 2019

Is it the green cheese part?

Or the man in the moon part?

BTW, the moon is 239,000 miles from earth.

Mars is 33.9 million miles from earth - 141 times further away.

Hop, skip, and a jump. Of course they should be in the same tweet.

What a twit.

lark

(23,147 posts)
56. Total Fucking Idiot!
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jun 2019

I mean, this isn't mild dementia, it's full on crazy time. We have got to get rid of him or we are done.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
57. We shouldn't be going back to the moon. We did that 50 years ago
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 05:29 PM
Jun 2019

NASA should focus on bigger things. In fact, I'm going to build a wall around the moon so no one can go back. A big beautiful wall, and Mars is going to pay for it! Dense pseudo-science!

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
59. From The Guardian
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 04:58 AM
Jun 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/07/trump-moon-is-part-of-mars-tweet-nasa

(snip)
...it soon emerged that Trump’s moon reversal may have been provoked by the Fox Business tv channel.​ One hour before the president offered his take on the moon’s origin and his criticism of Nasa, Fox guest Neil Cavuto had expressed scepticism over a moon trip.

Cavuto reportedly told the TV cable network that Nasa is “refocusing on the moon, the next sort of quest, if you will, but didn’t we do this moon thing quite a few decades ago?”
(snip)

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
60. A few hours earlier the NASA administrator spoke
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 05:05 AM
Jun 2019

Jim Bridenstine was keynoting at the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference, pushing the idea of "to the Moon to stay" and there testing out ways to explore and live on Mars.

Undercutting the NASA administrator? SAD!

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