# Who had "Trump steals a meteorite" on their bingo card? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 9, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942 "2026-09-09T23:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/1 "2026-09-09T23:52:01Z")
> U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro of the District of Columbia posted a video to social media showcasing the roughly 54-pound chunk of space rock. At that weight, it’s 70% larger than any Martian meteorite found on Earth, according to the Lunar and Planetary Institute. > > “A lot of people have had their hands on it, or more than your hands, but the truth is that we don’t know who owns it,” Pirro said. “So we own it now.” > **[Why did the Feds seize the ’largest Martian meteorite on Earth’?](https://san.com/cc/why-did-the-feds-seize-the-largest-martian-meteorite-on-earth/)** > > The federal government has taken possession of a massive chunk of interplanetary rock, which is the source of controversy. The ownership of the meteorite may be in question, but one party that very definitely doesn’t have legal rights to it is the US Government. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/2 "2026-09-10T01:45:55Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The ownership of the meteorite may be in question, but one party that very definitely doesn’t have legal rights to it is the US Government. Well, the meteorite isn’t doing any protesting… 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/3 "2026-09-10T01:49:27Z")
That’s what it wants you to think. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/4 "2026-09-10T01:51:23Z")
This actually seems legit? From the article: > Under **[Title 19, Section 1595a](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1595a)**, federal authorities can seize any asset of value smuggled into the country without first being declared to customs. Customs often seizes currency or other luxury items if the owner fails to declare them when entering the country. > > “Customs has no record of it ever coming into the United States,” Pirro said, “so guess what, the United States government owns it now.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/5 "2026-09-10T01:51:24Z")
I wish the aliens it belonged to would come and claim it. And take Donnie with them. They’d probably send him back, a la _The Ransom of Red Chief_ or that movie _Ruthless People._ * * * Re bingo cards: a trump bingo card has to be the size of a tennis court to cover everything. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/6 "2026-09-10T03:53:59Z")
I have a small chunk of space rock in the eastern soffit of my roof. And I had a beer with Willie Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/7 "2026-09-10T04:30:09Z")
So it’s undocumented. Better deport it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/8 "2026-09-10T04:50:05Z")
“Trump steals \_\_\_\_\_” (fill in the blank) seems like it should surprise noone anymore. Dude stole another nation’s leader at one point. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/9 "2026-09-10T05:16:22Z")
@DSeid But didn’t the convict-in-chief and his magat crowd freak out when it was pointed out Kal-El was illegally smuggled into the country? They insist he’s all American. So the chunck of space rock must be, too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/10 "2026-09-10T05:35:26Z")
Pirro claims that it was siezed before it could be sold at auction. Except it was sold at auction last year. [https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mars-meteorite-sothebys-auction-2663688](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mars-meteorite-sothebys-auction-2663688) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/11 "2026-09-10T12:04:21Z")
I have “meteorite hits building with large group of republicans” on mine. So far, no luck. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/12 "2026-09-10T13:09:39Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > From the article: > > > “Customs has no record of it ever coming into the United States,” Pirro said, “so guess what, the United States government owns it now.” It’s an illegal alien meteorite. What else should the trump admin do but confiscate and detain it? It doesn’t deserve to be in a museum— it would be taking up valuable museum space that a meteorite that legally entered our country deserves to have. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/13 "2026-09-10T15:11:43Z")
When you’re a president, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab’em by the meteorite. You can do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/14 "2026-09-10T20:16:25Z")
> [@solost](#): > > It doesn’t deserve to be in a museum— it would be taking up valuable museum space that a meteorite that legally entered our country deserves to have. Museums are woke enough as it is. We should probably paint stars and stripes on any meteorite we add as well, because 'Murica. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/15 "2026-09-10T21:20:55Z")
Look at yourself Jeanie. Look at what you’ve become. You’re on the cover of a supermarket tabloid next to the story of a woman who’s baby was fathered by bigfoot and a discovery of remains of gay aliens. We liked you better when you were day drinking and threatening to report your housekeeper to immigration. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-trump-steals-a-meteorite-on-their-bingo-card/1032942/16 "2026-09-14T16:11:46Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > We liked you better when you were day drinking I don’t think that has changed. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > threatening to report your housekeeper to immigration. Again, not sure this has changed either!