Trump Vows To Put A Man On The Moon. Someone Should Introduce Him To Buzz Aldrin.
President Donald Trump made two head-turning promises at his Louisiana campaign rally Friday: He’s going to put an end to socialism — and put a man on the moon.
The crowd in Lake Charles roared.
Two problems: What socialism is he talking about? Social Security? His $28 billion in subsidies to his “patriot farmers” to help them survive his trade war with China?
And 12 Americans have already walked on the moon, beginning in 1969 with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Trump actually has met Aldrin, but apparently they didn’t discuss the moonwalk.
Trump moments ago: "We're going to defeat socialism and put a man on the face of the moon."
To clarify... we've already put a man on the face of the moon.#11MSNBC #11thHour pic.twitter.com/XZAhVqOsfS— 11th Hour (@11thHour) October 12, 2019
Twitter wits were flying high over the apparent gaffe.
— Fythia*Note*Taker (@Fythia) October 12, 2019
Conservatives are so conservative they've transported back to 1963
— Booooooooomer 👻 (@barefootboomer) October 12, 2019
Is he offering to be that man? Give me the GoFundMe link....I’m in on efforts to send 45 to space! Maybe he and his family can be first fAmily on the moon? History making!!
— Leslie McCarthy (@LeslieM3355) October 12, 2019
Can someone let the guy in the White House in on the secret?
— Denée Mwendwa, PhD (@dtmwendwa) October 12, 2019
Oddly enough, it takes socialized pooling of money to finance going to the moon. Privatized efforts still don’t have the major fortitude and collective will to travel to other worlds yet
— Art of eVan (@ArtofeVan) October 12, 2019
And they cheered that? I didn't see one facial expression of "Wait we already did that."
— Kawaii433🔬📚🥋☯️♟️ (@kawaii433) October 12, 2019
Y'all realize GOVERNMENT put a man on the Moon, right?
— Paul Wu-Tang Clan ⚛︎👨🏻🏫 (@PaulWuster) October 12, 2019
Defeat socialism
We'll I guess that means no more bail out money 4 farmers— Shirley Hinze (@Rubychirp1) October 12, 2019
Maybe he meant the moon in mars.
— Antonia Lee Donnelly (@DonnellyAntonia) October 12, 2019
He is going to draw the Face Of The Moon with a sharpie, right after the landing.
— Sybylla DeMontagna #BritishIndepence (@SybyllaDeM) October 12, 2019
Do we get to pick the man?
— Eva Lesko Natiello (@EvaNatiello) October 12, 2019
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