Trump 2020 State of the Union Speech: “America’s Manifest Destiny in the Stars”
February 5th, 2020I listened to this State of the Union speech the same way I’ve listened to others; teetering between yawning inattention and eye-rolling.
It’s difficult to turn off my internal monologue:
“Oh for fuck’s sake, how do people put up with this?”
“This is giving me a lobotomy.”
“Is that witch Pelosi going to have a grand mal seizure?”
“We deserve the zombie apocalypse we’re in.”
Etc. etc.
So, as the nonsense spewed out as usual, I heard Trump utter the following phrase, “America’s manifest destiny in the stars.”
Via: Time:
In reaffirming our heritage as a free Nation, we must remember that America has always been a frontier nation. Now we must embrace the next frontier, America’s manifest destiny in the stars. I am asking the Congress to fully fund the Artemis program to ensure that the next man and the first woman on the moon will be American astronauts — using this as a launching pad to ensure that America is the first nation to plant its flag on Mars.
Related: What the Hell Is China Doing on the Dark Side of the Moon?
