President Donald Trump is currently touring Europe, where on Thursday he stopped in Normandy, France to observe D-Day, the military operation which initiated the liberation of German-occupied France from Nazi under control on June 6, 1944. Trump has predictably spent much of his trip tweeting, which leads us to the following whopper about NASA and Mars he bequeathed the world with on Friday afternoon.
“For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon,” Trump fired off at 7:38 p.m. (GMT+2). “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!”
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2019
Although it was Trump’s 12th tweet of the day (!) it was certainly the one that got the most attention — particularly due to the part where he inexplicably claimed that the Moon is part of Mars. Whereas many of Trump’s questionable or outlandish remarks can maybe be rationalized as semantics, nobody seems to know what the hell homeboy is taking about.
Does the President of the United States think our solar system only has one moon? It literally makes no sense — as many people were more than delighted to point out, or just roast the him in general.
https://twitter.com/ikebarinholtz/status/1137059978353696768
Mars has its own moons. They’re called Phobos and Deimos. But the moon that Trump refers to orbits the Earth and has nothing to do with Mars other than being part of our solar system.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 7, 2019
"I see you! I see what you're doing! Return to the night! You've no business here." https://t.co/DLnmTLPwCu
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) June 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1137060713728528384
https://twitter.com/rachsyme/status/1137059493660024833
The moon isn’t a part of Mars. I’m sorry to inform you of this terrible news 🤦🏾♂️ https://t.co/JvpWxP2BDt
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) June 7, 2019
The man who accuses everyone else in the world of peddling Fake News says the Moon is part of Mars. https://t.co/OgkJn0tjig
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) June 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/GWillowWilson/status/1137065514117656576
https://twitter.com/PeteSouza/status/1137066780151681024
https://twitter.com/davidehrlich/status/1137058678484471808
OFFICIAL DNC STATEMENT:
The moon is not part of Mars.
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 7, 2019
I used to be so scared to die. But it will be a relief, really, won't it? So peaceful. #themostpowerfulmanintheworldthinksthemoonisstucktomars https://t.co/GAEvgQkXAM
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) June 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/Thegrahammy/status/1137051442383114240
Motherfucker, you just confused Phobos and Deimos with la Luna, the *good* moon. Look at you, making assumptions about Mars like you’re fucking Percival Lowell. Acting like you’re on Olympus Mons when the only thing you’re on is your dumb shit. Get out of here, man.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1137067036037832706
“The moon is part of Mars” notwithstanding, others pointed out that Trump directly contradicted himself by stating that NASA shouldn’t be talking about going to the moon, since he has literally called for that exact thing as recently as last month.
March, May, May, June. pic.twitter.com/2QJWQnwd21
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 7, 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
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) June 7, 2019
Just another day in paradise.