Is Trump Losing It with his Moon Talk?

Last updated on: June 8, 2019 at 10:42 pm by Kermit Zarley

Is Trump Losing It with his Moon Talk? 2019-06-08T22:42:43-07:00 Kermit Zarley

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

President Donald Trump made some moon talk yesterday by tweeting, “For all 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!”

That is another incoherent message for the president, which he has been doing more of lately. Is Trump losing it mentally? Such things make you wonder.

President Trump had tweeted just last month that he was adding an extra $1.6 billion to NASA’s budget “so that we can return to Space in a BIG WAY! Under my Administration, we are restoring @NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars.”

So, yesterday’s Trump message about the moon and Mars seems to contradict his message tweeted about these two celestial bodies just a month ago. But what did Trump mean about “Mars (of which the Moon is a part)”? Does he believe our moon orbits around Mars? This statement looks like it came from Looney Tunes.

Earlier Friday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a speech to the International Space Development in Washington, DC, “the very first space policy directive of the president said, ‘We’re going to go back to the moon.'” Bridenstine explained that this time NASA is going to the moon, and “we’re going to stay.” Indeed, they are going to do that for multiple reasons, and one is in order to go to Mars.

Was President Trump alerted to Bridenstine’s comment right after he made it, and that is why Trump soon tweeted about Mars and the moon–to make him look better?

One of the reasons NASA is going to the moon is that its previously-announced plans for going to Mars involves that spaceship originally launching from the moon, not earth, since it will be easier to do. The main advantage to doing this is that the space vehicle will not have to overcome earth’s strong gravity compared to the moon’s weak gravity. Just think of our astronauts bouncing around on the moon decades ago like they were jumping on a trampoline.

A spaceship going to far-away Mars will have to have much fuel to reach that red planet. And the more fuel, the heavier the spaceship. The heavier the spaceship is, the more thrusting power it requires for liftoff. Therefore, conserving fuel will be a prime objective in going to Mars. Trump should know about this. But it appears he doesn’t.

Is it because they haven’t told him about it on Fox News? Whoops! He doesn’t listen much to his governmental agencies, or read what they say, especially intelligence.

Click here to learn why I like to talk about the moon?

Current Events

Science

Previous Post

June 6, 2019

Thirtieth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Next Post

June 9, 2019 Chris Christie Blames Sarah Huckabee for What Trump Did

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Angels Billy Graham Blog Description Book Reviews Christian Living Christianity Christology Church History Current Events Deity of Christ? Disarmament Eschatology Evangelicalism Ezekiel 38-39 Film Reviews God Golf Gospel Harmonization Health History Holy Spirit Incarnation? Interview Islam Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Jesus Last Empire Literary Announcements Major Championship Winners Masters Monotheism My Books New Testament Old Testament Politics Primitive Weapons Ryder Cup Science Society of Biblical Literature The Bible The Restitution of Jesus Christ Trinitarianism Trinity? Uncategorized Unconditional Love? War on Terrorism

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Which book comes before Amos in the Old Testament?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Micah Hosea Obadiah Joel

Books by This Author Books by Kermit Zarley Blog

See All Titles »