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POLITICS Buzz Aldrin Looked As Baffled As We Felt During Trump's Space Talk "This is infinity here. It could be infinity. We don’t really don’t know. But it could be. It has to be something — but it could be infinity, right?" 02/07/2017 6:52 AM IST | Updated 10 hours ago Mary Papenfuss Trends Reporter, HuffPost Either Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin had a bad meal or he was as confused as we were about President Donald Trump’s comments on space and security Friday in the Oval Office. The astronaut was at Trump’s side as the president announced a new executive order reestablishing the National Space Council — 24 years after it was last active — to direct space policy in his administration. Trump’s remarks began with the president’s usual boasting: “We’re going to lead again like we never led before.” But he then appeared to claim all of space for the U.S., calling it the “next great American frontier.” Trump also referred to space “providing the security that we need to protect the American people.” And he sent Aldrin’s eyebrows shooting up when he added, inexplicably, “At some point in the future, we’re going to look back and say, ‘How did we do it without space?’” Follow Danny McGinnis @Ginnis20 pic.twitter.com/5bwrSAOnZq "One day we will look back and say how did we do it without space?" -Donald Trump #makespacegreatagain? 🤷🏼♂️ 5:18 PM - 1 Jul 2017 492 492 Retweets 654 654 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy “We know what this is, space. That’s all it has to say: space,” Trump said as he prepared to sign his executive order. He then turned to Aldrin and asked, “There’s a lot of room out there, right?” “To infinity, and beyond,” Aldrin quipped as others laughed. But Trump apparently didn’t get the reference to Buzz Lightyear’s catchphrase in “Toy Story.” “This is infinity here. It could be infinity,” Trump answered in a rambling response. “We don’t really don’t know. But it could be. It has to be something — but it could be infinity, right?” Besides Aldrin, three other astronauts also joined the president in the Oval Office for the ceremony. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, however, only introduced the men — Aldrin, former astronaut David Wolf and current astronaut Benjamin Alvin Drew— and failed to mention the lone female astronaut on the scene, Sandy Magnus, The Washington Post reported. Magnus is currently the executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Follow Marcia Smith @SpcPlcyOnline Pence and Trump talked about the "3" astronauts in the room: Wolf, Drew & Aldrin. But there were 4 - Sandy Magnus, standing right there. 3:40 AM - 1 Jul 2017 327 327 Retweets 393 393 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Pence will head the new space council, despite trying in vain in 2005 to shut down NASA’s space exploration plans. The council will also include members of Trump’s cabinet and representatives from NASA. It’s still awaiting a new head of NASA, whom Trump hasn’t yet named. The executive order also creates a “users’ advisory group” to “ensure that the interests of industries and other non-Federal entities involved in space activities, including in particular commercial entities, are adequately represented” in the council. Aldrin hailed the move to reestablish the space council on his Twitter account, linking to vice president’s comments, not Trump’s. Follow Buzz Aldrin ✔ @TheRealBuzz I'm happy that space is getting the attention it needs to move us forward to committing to plans to get back to the Moon & on to Mars #GYATM https://twitter.com/vp/status/880866942785081346 … 6:16 PM - 1 Jul 2017 · Washington, DC 356 356 Retweets 1,237 1,237 likes II. http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/bernstein-malignant-presidency_us_5958841de4b05c37bb7ee193 POLITICS Carl Bernstein Slams Trump's 'Malignant' Presidency The "character and capability of this president are called into grave question," notes Watergate journalist. 02/07/2017 11:49 AM IST | Updated 5 hours ago Mary Papenfuss Trends Reporter, HuffPost Journalist Carl Bernstein, who knows problematic presidents, warns that we are in the midst of a “malignant presidency” the likes of which America has never before experienced. “That malignancy is known to the military leaders of the country. It’s known to the Republican leadership in Congress who recognize it, and it’s known to the intelligence community,” the celebrated Watergate reporter noted Friday on CNN’s “New Day” program. “The presidency of Donald Trump is not functioning,” he added. “It’s not functioning partly because of his character ... the character and capability of this president are called into grave question [and] those who know him best are raising serious concerns.” That has “our leaders worried,” Bernstein added. “They are worried about his character. They are worried about his capabilities. They are worried about his temperament and state of his temperament — to use kind words here.” It’s difficult to know what to do, Bernstein acknowledged because we’re in “foreign territory,” he said. “We have never been in a malignant presidency like this before. It calls on our leaders, it calls on our journalists to do a different kind of reporting, a different kind of dealing with this presidency, and the president.” Bernstein called it the “greatest journalistic challenge of the modern era,” to report on a “malignant presidency and what it means and where it’s going.” -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
