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Greg Evans
Jun 08, 2019
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Another day, another bizarre Trump tweet and this might be the oddest one yet.
We all know that the Trump administration has ambitions of venturing into space but it appears that the president's knowledge of the solar system, would see him fail most primary school tests.
In a tweet posted on Friday, the president lamented Nasa for attempting another mission to the moon, despite him promising the organisation $1.6 billion for the mission which he wants to happen by 2024.
Unfortunately for Trump, that wasn't the worst part of the tweet as he later went on to claim that Nasa should be looking to travel to Mars instead, which is apparently a part of the Moon.
No, we've got absolutely nothing on this and can't even begin to comprehend what he was trying to convey in this message.
The general weirdness of this tweet did not go unnoticed and you better believe that Twitter took it upon themselves to tell the president that the Moon and Mars are literally two different entities.
@realDonaldTrump I know reading isn’t really your thing so here are some pictures! That red circley thing— That is… https://t.co/ECf5yOd5PB— Ryan Hill (@Ryan Hill) 1559948166
@realDonaldTrump There is a lot to unpack here— Evil Cosmonaut Marcus (@Evil Cosmonaut Marcus) 1559950622
@realDonaldTrump You are not fit to lead this country (or explain the solar system to children).— Trump's Ties (@Trump's Ties) 1559936377
@realDonaldTrump woah mars is part of the moon? bro i love science so many new facts daily whoawhoawhoa— Alanah Pearce (@Alanah Pearce) 1559955656
However, the best responses came in memes and jokes and it looks like people had a lot of fun with this.
@realDonaldTrump June 7th, 2019, the day the moon became a part of Mars. https://t.co/9zTlgOpaGe— Heather Carlson (@Heather Carlson) 1559934105
ARE YOU A PART OF MARS TOO https://t.co/sU1gzLmk7E— James Felton (@James Felton) 1559936721
As JFK famously said, “We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is Mars"— Jason O. Gilbert (@Jason O. Gilbert) 1559930143
The moon is not a part of Mars, but they both have as much intelligent life as the White House.— God (@God) 1559938302
@realDonaldTrump I can’t believe the Mars is moon— Shayne Topp (@Shayne Topp) 1559939854
"including Mars (of which the Moon is part)" https://t.co/VoMwpaJxaV https://t.co/kb1flETEsO— Owen Jones 🌹 (@Owen Jones 🌹) 1559931184
"We all don't look the same." - official statement by The Moon and Mars. https://t.co/G5nVwP8fFQ— Wajahat Ali (@Wajahat Ali) 1559931821
Help us Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're our only hope. https://t.co/vkFnEO9qv3— Edward Snowden (@Edward Snowden) 1559947237
A prediction https://t.co/Rua43NeVWm— Orli Matlow (@Orli Matlow) 1559930198
we def must go to moon as a part of mars but only as long as we maintain funding for research on windmill cancer— George Conway (@George Conway) 1559939191
Although Trump's tweet reads like gibberish it would appear that he was suggesting something that he was hinting at something which is kind of true.
Nasa are currently preparing missions to the Moon as potential experiments to learn more about the challenges of sending humans to Mars.
This was confirmed by Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine and also in a segment featuring Nasa chief financial officer Jeff DeWitt on Fox Business, which Trump was more than likely watching and got confused.
As @POTUS said, @NASA is using the Moon to send humans to Mars! Right now, @MarsCuriosity and @NASAInSight are on M… https://t.co/Yue3YfzPqG— Jim Bridenstine (@Jim Bridenstine) 1559943211
When Trump starts tweeting about a weird thing for no apparent reason... Left, Fox Business, 12:26 p.m. Neil Cavu… https://t.co/j6265W2Jof— Matthew Gertz (@Matthew Gertz) 1559929703
Fox is not responsible for the part about the moon being part of Mars, though the network has had some pretty weird… https://t.co/Pt3h7XjLQa— Matthew Gertz (@Matthew Gertz) 1559929807
Actually, Trump's "Mars (of which the Moon is a part)" line is probably referring to the NASA flack's point that go… https://t.co/FHFPNjCVfb— Matthew Gertz (@Matthew Gertz) 1559930117
HT BuzzFeed
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