Space Ghost

Trump: I have no doubt that under this great administrator and all of you people, you're going to have no question is going to go further than it ever has. I really believe that. Or I made a big mistake in getting it going again, because I had to get it going. It was a little… pic.twitter.com/JZOD5oGVIL

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

Trump: I have no doubt that under this great administrator and all of you people, you're going to have no question is going to go further than it ever has. I really believe that. Or I made a big mistake in getting it going again, because I had to get it going. It was a little bit, it was a little bit not going too well

This close to English. (h/t Charlie Pierce)

Trump: That was an incredible evening—for us it was evening—a lot of different times all over the world. But for me it was evening and everybody stopped. I was at a very important meeting with the biggest people in the country, maybe some of the biggest people in the world pic.twitter.com/gIpbQceCBK

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

Which is what made it an incredible evening. I guess.

Trump: I had an uncle who was a great scientist, a great man. He was at MIT for 41 years Dr. John Trump. And he loved space. He used to tell me about space… he would throw in the word nuclear every once in a while. Genetically, I believe in that stuff. pic.twitter.com/2w3Om6blH4

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

He loves space because his head’s so full of it. (h/t Walt Kelly)

Trump: It was very embarrassing, actually, what had happened. Not only had the United States lost its ability to send our astronauts to the moon but under the Bid— under a number of administrations, I have to tell you, but in particular the Obama administration, we even lost our… pic.twitter.com/dsgpld7Tbp

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

Trump: It was very embarrassing, actually, what had happened. Not only had the United States lost its ability to send our astronauts to the moon but under the Bid— 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..

More and more I’m convinced he has no idea what words mean.

Trump: This is the golden age of America. Our nation will conquer and we will conquer indeed this vast frontier that we have before us… We will explore it, we will tame it, and we will win it pic.twitter.com/7057A9ileS

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

There are international treaties about not militarizing or nationalizing space.

Trump: 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. They thought it was like comic book stuff pic.twitter.com/uvURlAxIJL

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

They were right.

Fox cuts coverage of Trump’s speech as he rambles about how he’s not calling Democrats “Dumocrats” pic.twitter.com/4V0mOWcktr

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

complete silence at the NASA center as Trump brags about the stock market and touts fake foreign investment numbers. just a brutally awkward speech that is going over like farts in church pic.twitter.com/INpdhi6gv7

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 28, 2026

Please come back and campaign for Paxton soon. Maybe talk about data centers.

Trump to International Space Station: When you look at Venezuela, you look at what we've done with the drug people coming in by boat and by land frankly… pic.twitter.com/lsQiDE8D8Q

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

Or get on the phone.

Trump: That's not bad, right? They want to say hello and you want to say hello. Who needs Trump? You want to say hello to them. pic.twitter.com/yH6RaaqmJA

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 28, 2026

Just make sure it’s all about Trump. That’s the most important thing. 🙄