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<p>It is with a heavy heart I report to you that the president&#39;s stupidity appears to have reached new heights...or new lows. Unsatisfied with just <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48531019">denying earth science</a> and condemning humanity to an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/books/review-uninhabitable-earth-life-after-warming-david-wallace-wells.html">unlivable future</a> because of climate change, Donald Trump has set his sights on the solar system, saying dumb stuff about the moon and Mars that you wouldn&#39;t accept from somebody over the age of six.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/07/politics/moon-mars-trump-tweet/index.html">Flip-flopping</a> a mere three weeks after declaring his administration&#39;s intention to stage of a revival of the moon landing, Trump declared that NASA should focus on &quot;Mars (of which the moon is part).&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">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!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1137051097955102720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Um, it doesn&#39;t take a Very Stable Genius to know that THE MOON AND MARS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS!!!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Earth, the moon, and Mars, (of which the moon is NOT part)." data-attribution="Shutterstock" height="563" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/shutterstock619132343-t4ZXVU.jpg" width="1000" /></div> <figcaption>Earth, the moon, and Mars, (of which the moon is NOT part).</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Shutterstock</div></figure><p>Let&#39;s parse this tweet for the weird syntax.</p><p>Not only is Trump spreading Fake News about space, he all of a sudden learned that one should not end a sentence with a preposition? He learned to say &quot;of which the moon is part&quot; and not &quot;which the moon is part of,&quot; improving his grammar but still not understanding these basic kindergarten facts?</p><p>Or does Trump understand that the moon and Mars are indeed two separate entities, but simply phrased his directive incoherently? Does Trump mean that the moon is part of the MISSION to Mars, and is simply unable to communicate effectively in the English language?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There it is: Trump seems to have been badly paraphrasing something he heard on a Fox segment. (“He was watching Fox” is a common answer to “why did he tweet that tweet?”) <a href="https://t.co/dsxZ5v3W7G">https://t.co/dsxZ5v3W7G</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href="https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1137057246985240581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>According to journalist Matthew Gertz, Trump&#39;s &quot;of which the moon is part&quot; business comes from his attempt to live-tweet what he saw on Fox News, whereon a NASA guy said that a mission to the moon will help them ultimately get to Mars. </p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars">NASA&#39;s &quot;Moon to Mars&quot; initiative </a>is a real thing that seeks to use a moon trip as a gateway drug to Mars. Why couldn&#39;t the president just have said that?</p><p>Either way, the moon/mars jokes are good.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goodnight Mars (of which the moon is apart).</p>&mdash; Travon Free (@Travon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Travon/status/1137087071762305024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I first saw the moon tweet I thought, “What is he trying to distract us from ?” Then I remembered he’s just full fuggin’ stupid. <a href="https://t.co/fUS8FS0Nx2">pic.twitter.com/fUS8FS0Nx2</a></p>&mdash; Natasha Rothwell (@natasharothwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/natasharothwell/status/1137097715089678336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The moon is not a part of Mars, but they both have as much intelligent life as the White House.</p>&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1137089772017659905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ARE YOU A PART OF MARS TOO <a href="https://t.co/sU1gzLmk7E">pic.twitter.com/sU1gzLmk7E</a></p>&mdash; James Felton (@JimMFelton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1137083143104716800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As JFK famously said, “We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is Mars&quot;</p>&mdash; Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) <a href="https://twitter.com/gilbertjasono/status/1137055549105872896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A prediction <a href="https://t.co/Rua43NeVWm">pic.twitter.com/Rua43NeVWm</a></p>&mdash; Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) <a href="https://twitter.com/HireMeImFunny/status/1137055780526538757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">anyway, enjoy the next several hours on this site <a href="https://t.co/XNCkAjSbWG">pic.twitter.com/XNCkAjSbWG</a></p>&mdash; Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1137056704473030661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p> </p><p>In conclusion:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NASA’s “moon to mars” mission is a mission to explore the moon as preparation for potential future exploration of Mars. Also, the president personally vetoed a bipartisan attempt to end aid to the Saudi war on Yemen and created concentration camps for children <a href="https://t.co/mF4qPaG9fY">https://t.co/mF4qPaG9fY</a></p>&mdash; Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) <a href="https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/1137081686074810369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Trump's take on the moon and Mars makes us want to leave this planet.

It is with a heavy heart I report to you that the president&#39;s stupidity appears to have reached new heights...or new lows. Unsatisfied with just denying earth science and condemning humanity to an unlivable future because of climate change, Donald Trump has set his sights on the solar system, saying dumb stuff about the moon and Mars that you wouldn&#39;t accept from somebody over the age of six.Flip-flopping a mere three weeks after declaring his administration&#39;s intention to stage of a revival of the moon landing, Trump declared that NASA should focus on &quot;Mars (of which the moon is part).&quot;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!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2019 Um, it doesn&#39;t take a Very Stable Genius to know that THE MOON AND MARS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS!!! Earth, the moon, and Mars, (of which the moon is NOT part). ShutterstockLet&#39;s parse this tweet for the weird syntax.Not only is Trump spreading Fake News about space, he all of a sudden learned that one should not end a sentence with a preposition? He learned to say &quot;of which the moon is part&quot; and not &quot;which the moon is part of,&quot; improving his grammar but still not understanding these basic kindergarten facts?Or does Trump understand that the moon and Mars are indeed two separate entities, but simply phrased his directive incoherently? Does Trump mean that the moon is part of the MISSION to Mars, and is simply unable to communicate effectively in the English language?There it is: Trump seems to have been badly paraphrasing something he heard on a Fox segment. (“He was watching Fox” is a common answer to “why did he tweet that tweet?”) https://t.co/dsxZ5v3W7G&mdash; Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 7, 2019 According to journalist Matthew Gertz, Trump&#39;s &quot;of which the moon is part&quot; business comes from his attempt to live-tweet what he saw on Fox News, whereon a NASA guy said that a mission to the moon will help them ultimately get to Mars. NASA&#39;s &quot;Moon to Mars&quot; initiative is a real thing that seeks to use a moon trip as a gateway drug to Mars. Why couldn&#39;t the president just have said that?Either way, the moon/mars jokes are good.Goodnight Mars (of which the moon is apart).&mdash; Travon Free (@Travon) June 7, 2019 When I first saw the moon tweet I thought, “What is he trying to distract us from ?” Then I remembered he’s just full fuggin’ stupid. pic.twitter.com/fUS8FS0Nx2&mdash; Natasha Rothwell (@natasharothwell) June 7, 2019 The moon is not a part of Mars, but they both have as much intelligent life as the White House.&mdash; God (@TheTweetOfGod) June 7, 2019 ARE YOU A PART OF MARS TOO pic.twitter.com/sU1gzLmk7E&mdash; James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 7, 2019 As JFK famously said, “We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is Mars&quot;&mdash; Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) June 7, 2019 A prediction pic.twitter.com/Rua43NeVWm&mdash; Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) June 7, 2019 anyway, enjoy the next several hours on this site pic.twitter.com/XNCkAjSbWG&mdash; Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) June 7, 2019  In conclusion:NASA’s “moon to mars” mission is a mission to explore the moon as preparation for potential future exploration of Mars. Also, the president personally vetoed a bipartisan attempt to end aid to the Saudi war on Yemen and created concentration camps for children https://t.co/mF4qPaG9fY&mdash; Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) June 7, 2019 