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Trump's NASA Speech Goes Horribly Wrong

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Trump's NASA Speech Goes Horribly Wrong

The event in Houston, intended to honor NASA astronauts with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, turned into a chaotic and poorly received appearance by Donald Trump. The audience, comprised of astronauts and their families, sat in silence as Trump delivered a rambling speech that veered from personal anecdotes to political attacks. He claimed a genetic predisposition for space due to his uncle’s work at MIT, a statement that perplexed the crowd. Trump was hours late, leaving attendees waiting, and he struggled with basic tasks like using a phone to connect with astronauts on the International Space Station. The ceremony was further marred by Trump’s partisan comments, blaming Obama and Biden for U.S. space program failures, and his awkward interaction with a Canadian astronaut amid his recent anti-Canada rhetoric. He also made odd observations about audience members’ appearances and boasted about achievements like Space Force and military operations in Venezuela. The speech was so disjointed that Fox News cut its coverage. Trump’s attempts to rally applause fell flat, with no positive reaction from the crowd. Overall, the event showcased a lack of decorum and focus, turning a solemn honor into a platform for self-congratulation and political attacks, leaving astronauts and attendees visibly uncomfortable and unimpressed.

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Donald Trump just bombed badly during a disastrous speech in Houston before NASA astronauts and their family. When you have a serious intelligence smart crowd there, they were not likened with Donald Trump was saying you could hear a pin drop as Donald Trump was attacking former president Obama and former president Biden and saying that they didn't know about space. But Donald Trump he said he genetically knows about space because he had an uncle who worked at MIT and the astronauts are like, what are you even talking about? The purported reason for this event was Donald Trump giving the congressional space medal of honor to the NASA astronauts aboard the Artemis who were the astronauts on the Artemis, including a Canadian astronaut. So there was a moment where Donald Trump had to put the congressional medal of honor on the Canadian astronaut after all the horrific and horrible things he's been saying and doing to Canada. Let me just show you what went down at this complete disaster of an event in Houston. You can see Donald Trump making the astronauts first wait for him for like hours before he showed up. They had to just sit there and wait as he was late. Here, play this clip. And then you have Donald Trump just making the crowd go utterly silent, not a single person applauding or reacting to anything he is saying as he tries to turn this medal of honor ceremony into a partisan campaign speech. The people there were pissed. You're playing this clip. And we had a little interlude four years, but somehow it was limping along. It was okay. It was limping along. And now I'm back. And we're doing more than limping. We don't limp eight years later. These dreams are really coming through at a level that nobody ever imagined. Nobody imagined what then Donald Trump talked about how he genetically believes in outer space because he had a smart uncle who was a professor at MIT. Thus the genetics tell him that space is good. The hell play this clip. Say had an uncle who was a great scientist, a great man. He was at MIT for 41 years, Dr. John Trump. And he loves space. He used to tell me about space, space, soul, space. He would throw in the word nuclear every once in a while. But he loves space. So I guess we have genetically, we sort of, I believe in that stuff. I love it. I find it so interesting. So amazing. It's very special. Then he starts trying to get the crowd to clap for him by telling everybody that they're good looking. And he's like, they're so good looking. I'm so attracted to them. Aren't they good looking? There's in the people behind me. These people, I looked at them coming before I came up. I said, that's a good looking group of people. I don't like speaking with those people behind me to be honest. They look too good. But they're great people. They're great, great people. Then he started telling people in the audience that they're good looking. He's like, you're a good looking guy. You're good looking. You're handsome. I love your hair. Seriously. So he was doing your play this clip. I'm saying, am I supposed to be introducing a flag that I can't see? It's invisible. The great job, by the way. Great guy. He's still a good looking guy. You were always a good looking guy. Now, I think you're better with the white hair if you want to know that you look better than you did 20 years ago. Now, here was the moment where Donald Trump had to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to the Canadian astronaut aboard the Artemis. Then Donald Trump can't control himself. So he starts attacking former president Biden. He blames Biden and Obama. But he doesn't know how to say a sentence. So he goes under the a number of administrations. They screwed you, but I saved outer space. And the astronauts are like, dude, what are you doing? Get us out of here. It's supposed to be a Medal of Honor award. Like, why are we even here? States lost its ability to send our astronauts to the moon, but under the under a number of administrations, I have to tell you, but in particular the Obama administration, we even lost our ability to send astronauts into orbit at all. And by the way, while Donald Trump was at the NASA Center in Houston, he showed that he does not know how to use a telephone. So he was with the family members of astronauts who are currently at the International Space Station, who were calling their family members. And the phone was handed to Donald Trump. He did not know how to use it here. Watch for yourself. Hi, Anna. Great to see you guys up there. We love you guys. You're doing a great job. Hi, babe. Have a good time. It's always easy. That's not bad, right? I'm going to let them sit here and, you know, they want to say hello and you want to say hello. We need Trump. We want to say hello to them. It's an honor. This is a big day. And it's a big day actually for our country. Continuing to show you what went down, complete and utter silence at the NASA Center, as Donald Trump is bragging about the stock market and the fake foreign investment numbers that he always talks about play this clip. And great. This country is doing great right now. Never did anything like it. 81 stock market highs and one and a half years never been anything like it, including they broke it again yesterday for the 81st and 19.2 trillion dollars is being invested in our country from outside countries and interests and people. And we've never seen it. That's why I call it the golden age. It's an exciting time tomorrow. It's going to be very exciting. So then state regime media, which calls itself Fox had enough. Fox cuts the coverage of Donald Trump's disaster of speech as he rambles about how he's not calling them Democrats, but they're Democrats and Fox is like, all right, we're maybe come back to that. That was Donald Trump at the NASA Center here play this clip. Do, but I got calls from Democrats. Can you believe it? I won't do it. I won't say anything bad about them. I'm not going to change the term or their name, but Democrats, EEM, and they called and they said he's fantastic, which set him back a lot, you know, because when I got so many calls from Democrats, they said, is that good or bad? But I got a lot of calls for Republicans and Democrats, something that you've been watching president Trump award the congressional space metal of honor to those four astronauts from the Artemis mission. He's vowing yet again to get to Mars. And we will bring you any news that he makes out of those remarks. I get it is Donald Trump then starts to say that many people think that he ran in 2016, but he actually announced in 2015. And the crowd went utterly silent. Play this clip shouldn't get political. So I won't, but I will tell you from 2015, everyone thinks I ran in 2016. I actually announced in 2015 lieutenant governor Dan Patrick called up. He said, I want to be the chairman of your campaign in Texas and you've never left, right? And we wanted a record record record votes. Nobody came close. And then he's like, don't forget, I gave you space force. That was all me. I did everything. I deserve all the credit. Nobody else here played this clip. And even more importantly, what space is done for our military in terms of offensive and defensive capability is incredible. Don't forget, I was the one that gave you space force. And we had no space force. And when people heard about it, they thought we were kidding. If they thought it was like comic book stuff, it wasn't at all. It's turning out to be one of our most important branches. It'll be something and only getting more important with time. And we were number three in space at the time I did that. And now we're leading by a tremendous amount. We made some. Then tell some bizarre story that's, you know, definitely not true about you had grass growing in the cracks of runways and runways weren't working. But Donald Trump gave everybody runways. Folks, there was no runways before Donald Trump came up with runways. That's what he tells the astronauts play this clip. He building not a good look. And I went down. I looked at Kennedy's space center in Florida, in particular. I saw something that you rarely see. They had grass growing out of the cracks in the runway, yet a runway that was all broken up. It was all bad. I know all about that from being very good in construction. Yet the cracks in the runway, we had grass growing out of the cracks. It's almost hard to do. And I said, boy, this is sad. It was very sad. That's where we he then brags about conquering Venezuela and working with their authoritarian leader, Delci Rodriguez, to currently control it. He goes, look what we did at Venezuela. We took them over in 48 minutes. And you see how well we fight. We fight very well. We're getting so much of our information from Space Force as an example. Makes us a much better military. You look at Venezuela. What happened there one day, actually, to be exact. It was 48 minutes. And so much of that information. came from space. Now, I will show you just run the B roll here, Jeremy. You can see Donald Trump here not knowing really where he is supposed to go. He gets distracted and then he's basically told where the podium is. He didn't seem to know where the hell he even was. I want to remind everybody, especially today, we are now at the anniversary 12 years ago today, former president Obama stepped out in the tan suit. Remember, tan suit gate when we actually had a president who was articulate and who was smart and who cared about our allies and who didn't speak like this. You remember that? And the biggest issue was, oh my god, he's so disrespectful for wearing a tan suit. And while all of this is going on, Donald Trump posting deranged memes. No more Mr. Nice guy. What else is he posting? Trump's chilling five word response when asked if he'll declare a national emergency to control the midterm elections. And then he had Barack Reved, his personal stenographer over at Axios, say over the past two months, US officials say the American military has steadily eroded Iran's leverage over the strait of Hormuz. They believe it could be a watershed moment in the war that could bring a better deal with Iran. The sucker is open, Donald Trump said the sucker is open. We know it's all false, just all lies, just deranged and underlies used in. We have a problem. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to $70 million. Thanks for watching everybody. Before you go, our book WTF America is available for pre-order now. It's the story of how we got here and how we fight our way back to pre-order scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Donald Trump gave a poorly received speech at a NASA ceremony in Houston, marked by silence and awkward moments.
  2. Trump claimed a genetic connection to space due to an uncle who was a professor at MIT, which confused the audience.
  3. He turned the medal ceremony into a partisan attack on former presidents Obama and Biden, blaming them for space program setbacks.
  4. Trump made astronauts and families wait hours for his late arrival, and he struggled to use a phone to speak with ISS astronauts.
  5. He awarded a medal to a Canadian astronaut despite his recent hostile rhetoric toward Canada, creating tension.
  6. Trump complimented audience members on their looks, rambled about runways, and boasted about creating Space Force.
  7. He bragged about military actions in Venezuela, claiming a 48-minute takeover, and mentioned stock market highs.
  8. Fox News cut away from his rambling speech, and Trump posted controversial memes about national emergencies.
  9. The event highlighted Trump’s lack of knowledge about space and his focus on self-promotion over honoring astronauts.

Summary:

The event in Houston, intended to honor NASA astronauts with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, turned into a chaotic and poorly received appearance by Donald Trump. The audience, comprised of astronauts and their families, sat in silence as Trump delivered a rambling speech that veered from personal anecdotes to political attacks. He claimed a genetic predisposition for space due to his uncle’s work at MIT, a statement that perplexed the crowd.

Trump was hours late, leaving attendees waiting, and he struggled with basic tasks like using a phone to connect with astronauts on the International Space Station. S. space program failures, and his awkward interaction with a Canadian astronaut amid his recent anti-Canada rhetoric.

He also made odd observations about audience members’ appearances and boasted about achievements like Space Force and military operations in Venezuela. The speech was so disjointed that Fox News cut its coverage. Trump’s attempts to rally applause fell flat, with no positive reaction from the crowd.

Overall, the event showcased a lack of decorum and focus, turning a solemn honor into a platform for self-congratulation and political attacks, leaving astronauts and attendees visibly uncomfortable and unimpressed.

FAQs

The Congressional Space Medal of Honor is a U.S. award recognizing astronauts for exceptional contributions to space exploration. It was given to four Artemis mission astronauts, including a Canadian astronaut, for their roles in the program.

Dr. John Trump was Donald Trump's uncle and a professor at MIT for 41 years. He was an electrical engineer and physicist known for his work on radar and nuclear technology, which contributed to the Manhattan Project era research.

The Artemis mission is NASA's program to return humans to the Moon and eventually Mars. The astronauts honored at the event were part of the Artemis crew, which includes international members like a Canadian astronaut, highlighting global collaboration.

Fox News cut away from the speech as Trump veered into off-topic partisan rambling, including unsolicited comments about Democrats. The network likely deemed the remarks unpromoted and unnewsworthy, signaling a break from the ceremony's purpose.

The audience, including astronauts and their families, remained largely silent and uncomfortable throughout the speech. They showed no applause or engagement, reflecting their displeasure with the political and off-script nature of the remarks.

In 2014, Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference, sparking criticism from some media and politicians who deemed it disrespectful. The event is often cited as an example of trivial controversies contrasting with substantive presidential decorum.

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