ABC’s explosive President Trump: 30 Hours exclusive made worldwide headlines when the president admitted he’d welcome information from a foreign government on a political opponent. Due to time constraints, what didn’t make the cut was George Stephanopoulos grilling Trump on his claim that the Moon is a 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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2019
Stephanopoulos presses Trump
Stephanopoulos brought the issue up a few moments before his infamous question about foreign election interference.
GS: Mr. President, you made news a few weeks ago when you tweeted that the Moon is a part of Mars. In actuality, the average distance between the two is over 48 million miles, so obviously that’s simply not true. Why did you say that?
DT: It’s fake news. I said that we should not be going to the Moon because we already did that fifty years ago. The radical Democrats want open borders, they want crime, and they want to raise your taxes. They don’t want you to know about our fantastic judges, the economy, the stock market and how your favorite president is doing a great, great job.
GS (incredulous look on his face): My favorite president?
DT: Look, George, you’re being a little wise guy, which is typical for you. Just so you understand, it’s very simple. There was no crime. There was no collusion. It was a setup. The real crime was Hillary Clinton deleting her 33,000 emails.
Uranus is part of the moon
Momentarily taken aback at the torrent of non-sequitur blather, Stephanopoulos attempted to steer the president back on track:
GS: Let’s get back to the Moon. Do you really think it’s part of Mars?
DT: Under Trump, we’re going to build a powerful Space Force. I call it Space Force, did you know that? We’re going to the Moon to build bars, great, great strip clubs, baseball stadiums, Trump Tower Moon, everything a Space Force needs. Then we’ll do the same thing on Mars. I’m putting $1.6 billion in my budget to make it happen.
Under my Administration, we are restoring @NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars. I am updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2019
GS: It’s going to take a lot more than that to build a functioning colony on the Moon. But what about the Moon being part of Mars?
DT: I never said that, I didn’t say that. I …
GS: It’s right there in your tweet.
DT: Look, George, you’re being a little wise guy again. What I said was that Uranus is part of the Moon. If auto-correct changed it, that’s not my fault, okay? It’s part of the Moon.
GS: (unable to contain his astonishment): Uranus?
DT: Let me ask you a question. When you drop your drawers, turn around, grab your knees and bend over, what do they call it? What’s that called?
GS: (stunned silence)
DT: It’s called mooning. Giving someone the moon. And what part of your body is pointing directly at that person when you do it?
GS: I wouldn’t do that.
DT: But what if you did, George? What part of your body?
GS (looking uncomfortable): Your anus.
DT (nodding triumphantly): That’s right. Uranus is part of the Moon.
Fox & Friends telephone interview
The next day, the president called into Fox & Friends to gripe about the Stephanopoulos interview.
“I thought it was a very, very unfair interview, okay? Very unfair,” complained the president when asked by host Steve Doocy how it went. “George Stephanopoulos should have been heaping praise on me for doing a great, great job with the economy and judges and the stock market, but all he wanted to talk about was Russia and Uranus. That’s all he asked me about.”
Brian Kilmeade turned to fellow host Ainsley Earhardt and brought up NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein’s inappropriate behavior at a symposium on Uranus, going so far as mooning a speaker at the event. “Hey Ainsley,” he said, snickering. “You’ve got images of Uranus on your phone, don’t you? How about showing America pictures of Uranus?”
Trump charged ahead, oblivious to the banter. “People are saying it, they’re talking about it everywhere.” He paused, before concluding his rant. “You check it out. That’s what they’re saying, that Uranus is part of the Moon.”
Wait, isn’t Uranus was part of a moon. pic.twitter.com/OP4vKdZURe
— Teresa ZM (@teresazm) June 8, 2019
RT RogueNASA: RT Leslieoo7: Dear Donald,
The moon is not part of Mars, but Sean Hannity is indeed orbiting Uranus.Today's lesson in astronomy.
You're welcome.
— RougeNASA (@RougeNASA) June 8, 2019
Everyone knows the moon is part of Uranus.
I’ll see myself out.
— Kristen Thornburg 🌪⛈🌤 (@KrisThornburg) June 7, 2019
Doocy, Earhardt and Kilmeade nodded their heads eagerly, eyes shining with adoration. As the president bid goodbye, they said in unison,”Yes, Mr. President.”
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