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Twitter users mercilessly mocked Trump after he tweeted implying the moon is part of Mars – Business Insider

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Twitter users mercilessly mocked Trump after he tweeted implying the moon is part of Mars – Business Insider

  • President Donald Trump sparked a Twitter uproar on Friday with a confusingly-phrased tweet that initially gave the impression he believed the moon was part of Mars.
  • NASA officials have said bolstering their presence on the moon will be an essential step towards conducting further research on Mars.
  • Trump’s tweet on NASA came shortly after a segment on Fox Business in which NASA’s chief financial officer Jeff DeWitt discussed NASA’s initiatives on the moon and their planned moon expedition in 2024 with host Neil Cavuto.
  • While Trump was most likely tweeting in response to the Fox segment, the clumsy phrasing of his tweet still prompted copious jokes and memes from the Twitterverse.
  • “Mars is part of the moon sounds like collusion to me,” tweeted former Obama White House photographer Pete Souza in response to Trump’s tweet.
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President Donald Trump sparked a Twitter uproar on Friday with a confusingly-phrased tweet that initially gave the impression he believed the moon was part of Mars.

“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!” he wrote.

Trump’s tweet was most likely responding to a segment on Fox Business – one of Trump’s most frequently-watched news channels – in which NASA’s chief financial officer Jeff DeWitt discussed NASA’s initiatives on the moon and their planned moon expedition in 2024 with host Neil Cavuto.

Read more: Trump tweeted that the moon ‘is a part’ of Mars in bizarre statement criticizing NASA’s spending – here’s what we think it means

“What we’re doing now is establishing a sustainable presence on the lunar surface,” DeWitt explained when Cavuto asked why NASA was returning to the moon. “We need to drive that innovation and complete those technologies to allow us to have a sustained presence on Mars.”

Shortly after Trump’s tweet, both “the moon” and “NASA” became top trending topics on the site.

Despite Trump’s tweet most likely referring to the moon’s essential role in enabling NASA astronauts to successfully explore Mars, his clumsy phrasing still prompted copious jokes and memes from the Twitterverse.

As JFK famously said, “We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is Mars”

— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) June 7, 2019

ARE YOU THE MOON pic.twitter.com/GBSMp6aDfO

— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) June 7, 2019

democracy dies on the dark side of the moon https://t.co/QHKvrmU9Q5

— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) June 7, 2019

sorry but

shoot for the moon, even if u miss you’ll land among the mars

— Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) June 7, 2019

“Mars (of which the Moon is a part)” feat. Rhianna

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 7, 2019

Mars is part of the moon sounds like collusion to me.

— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) June 7, 2019

fly me to the moon ????

which i’ve just learned is part of mars ???? https://t.co/Kw8LM9PMVi

— Aum Shinrikyo VEVO 2020 (@nezumi_ningen) June 7, 2019

The Moon Is Part of Mars is going to be the name of my first YA novel. https://t.co/rp5J57m8EC

— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) June 7, 2019

*looks up why the moon is trending*

…………………….. pic.twitter.com/o1tGzG9557

— Yuuko (@alothcorfiser) June 7, 2019

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