The Moon is a part of Mars. Who knew?
Seen on twitter:
Fly me to the Mars.
:like very much:
Oh, so in other words, you’re trying to redo that “deal” to redo NAFTA?
One has to think that Mexico can allow itself to be emasculated only so many times before it says “Fuck this”
He’ll hammer it out after Saturday morning cartoons.
Given that Senate Republicans have promised to block any tariffs, I’m surprised Mexico showed up to talk at all.
The Senate can’t block the tariffs though. It seems unlikely that enough House Republicans would join with all/most of the Democrats to override the inevitable veto.
Lord Orange expounds upon the road ahead for America’s space program:
First, Tan the Conman is supporting science? Ah, Irony, how I wish you would go away so we could, in fact, miss you for a change.
Second, what does he expect Mexico’s government to do, break their own laws? Oh, wait. I forgot for a moment which temperamental tot we’re discussing. As long as those folks headed to the US (and by the way those folks are quite open about their intent to petition for asylum meaning that they will follow US law) are not violating Mexican law, there is no reason to interfere with their journey. And “Trump needs to score political points with his nazi-esque supporters” is not a valid reason.
He really doesn’t, and it’s driving me nuts to see everyone yukking it up about this on social media. That is actually one of the most coherent and sensible things he has ever tweeted, and snickering about it just allows his defenders to paint his critics as nitpickers who take his words out of context and distort them. :smack:
Trump is a target rich environment, so why are people focusing on this nothingburger? 
That’s pathetic.
As written, the only possible interpretation is he thinks the Moon is part of Mars.
If he truly has The Best Brain and The Best Words, he would express himself clearly.
As twisted, evil, and downright stupid as he is, I think I prefer that he not express himself clearly.
(Directed at Big Meanie running coach: )
Oh yeah, now THAT’S unfair! The smartest man in the room, in all of the rooms, should be expected to write a few sentences coherently? The burdens you haters place on that man!
Look, I understand he was trying to cram a relatively coherent and elaborate concept (my interpretation is “We have no great interest in the moon as a destination, per se, except to serve as a proving ground and staging base for the technologies that will get us to Mars”) into the character limitations of a single Tweet, but as usual he makes a complete hash of it, with the added hilarity that he seems to be completely contradicting statements on this topic that he and his lapdog Pence had been making for months. The jeering is entirely justified, IMO.
Orrr…the one I made the first time I saw this tweet:
“Why are NASA bigwigs underselling this mission in talking to Congress and the public? It’s a huge, unprecedented trip to Mars, which incidentally involves using the Moon as a way station, but they keep talking about the Moon, as though that’s the primary mission. We already did that fifty years ago–it’s old hat! Emphasize the new and exciting parts, as well as the potential scientific discoveries, and the technological benefits that can ripple out to our military.”
How can that be a tweet? 394 characters (without spaces) or 470 characters(with spaces). Or is it more than one tweet? Can you link to it?
I mean that was the interpretation I made the first time I read the tweet in question. From Trump.
Didn’t think that sounded like Trump. Now link to the tweet you so generously re-worded.
It’s basically the same thing, abbreviated and compressed to fit in a tweet:
No, it’s not the same thing. If we should not be talking about going to the Moon, then how can it be a part of a Mars mission?
Trump is a fool. In a learlier tweet, he wants to add 1.6 billion to his budget (his budget?) so we can go back to space in a BIG WAY!
That’s 3.5 Shuttle launches. Pathetic.
The same way I can talk about going from Minnesota to NYC without discussing it as a trip to Avery, Ohio, even though it would involve going through Avery.
Okayyy…and? We weren’t talking about that tweet. My point is simply that there is no actual evidence that he thinks “the Moon is a part of Mars”.