Trump Ruins a Great Day for America
Well, he just couldn’t stand it. Unable to control his congenital obsession with jumping in front of any television camera he can reach, Trump came to the Kennedy Space Center for the second time this week to watch the first launch of Americans from American soil in 9 years. He posed with Pence and Mother to watch the launch, and then did what Trump does. He opened his mouth, taking credit for what GWB started in 2006 and Obama continued throughout his two terms – to retire the super expensive space shuttle and replace it with more commercial spaceflight alternatives. Characteristically, Trump actually didn’t do shit to get us to what we, as the United States accomplished except for maybe not screwing it up before SpaceX and Nasa could get it off the ground.
The live feed of the launch was inspiring. From the countdown to orbit was perfect, all live beamed to 10 million homes around the world. The entire operation was flawless, that is, until Trumpian NASA administrator, Jim Bridenstine, did a live interview after the Crew Dragon had made orbit. It made me want to puke. He went on and on about how Trump was committed to space and how the last 3 1/2 years was so important to building back the manned space program. He even said that Trump “took a big risk” to even be there to watch the launch. The ass kissing was disgusting, but especially disappointing as Bridenstine had actually morphed over the last couple of years from climate denying mouth breathing congressman from Oklahoma to actual human being after being exposed to undeniable science after being named Trump’s overseer at the agency. That transformation went right down the drain today pandering to his spray painted boss.
Then it happened. Both Pence AND Trump spoke at the famous vehicle assembly building taking full credit for the last 15 years of planning and development of a commercial manned space program. In full Blatant Lie Mode, Trump declared that HE saved the space program by simply not shipwrecking what Bush II and Obama had put in motion. Yes, I turned it off.
The conclusion from today? You can’t get away from the cretin anywhere, not even in space.
One of the Faux Noize a$$ kissers, a woman, was interviewing him at the launch site when the chanting of spectators became clear.
1“I still can’t breathe. I still can’t breathe. I still can’t breathe.”
Bloviating Bully turned around to look, pissant-faced, then turned back. It was beautiful.
I saw 2 astronauts safely make it to orbit. Their launch vehicle didn’t turn into a multi-kiloton bomb, nor did the reusable primary rocket fail to land on a tiny, tiny, barge.
Compared to the bonfires of insanity, this was great News. And I am willing to ignore Cheatolini for at least 1 day…
2Con Man Don wants credit for things he didn’t do and won’t take blame for what he does. Why should anyone listen to him other than to counter his lying BS?
3Bridenstine’s interview was ridiculous. I retired from Boeing in 2011, and Boeing was already working on its capsule, which they called the CST-100. I knew people involved in the work. SpaceX was doing its thing, too.
IIRC, and I’m absolutely certain that I do, a man named Obama was President at the time. Combover Crime Lord was fouling a TV show called The Apprentice and trying to get someone to build a hotel in Moscow that he could put his name on.
If CCL “took a big risk” just to be there, it was probably a medical one. All of America could see the shape that he’s in, and he can’t stand that.
4At BFS – I hadn’t thought of that – the “big risk” was Trump’s heart exploding from the exertion of stepping up on the gaudy stage built for him, Pence, and Mother to pose on with the Falcon 9 as his backdrop.
5Yeah, Don and Elon – a pair of scumbags. I’ll hold off on celebrating until they land that contraption.
6Check out this discussion of the Orange Monster’s likely dementia. https://twitter.com/TomJChicago
7El Jefe – It saddens me to say that even your spell checker has been infected with the incompetence of the Orange One. It’s NASA not Nasa.
8Just remember everything he says and does is so that a campaign ad can be made from it. It’s only going to get worse. I read in the Chronicle that the Floyd funeral will be in Houston. Obama showed how a President should act after Charlottesville and Sandy Hook – heaven only knows if his majesty can just keep his mouth shut.
9Repugnuts wanted a stupid president!
They got one who graduated from a reform school instead of an Ivy League school!
10And then today at the welcome “ceremony” for the two astronauts, Sen Cretin Cruz was at NASA launch center (or whatever it’s called) and got to ask them questions. Hideously dressed in tan slacks, a white dress shirt, no tie, and royal blue jacket. No mask. In fact, only two people at NASA was wearing one. Most everyone at SpaceX launch center was wearing one, except the two people who were commentating but they were away from everyone else and had a large Plexiglas barrier between them.
11And today tRump declared “antifa” a terrorist organization. Antifa 1) isn’t an organization and 2) name of course is short for anti fascism. So is he saying those in the USA who are against fascism are terrorists?
What a dope, an absolute DOPE!
12Elon Musk did it, and didn’t crow about it.
I suspect the Tesla stock price will do that for him.
(Tesla was the best selling brand in California last quarter.)
“Antifa” is a group of violent agitators with a fake name.
Rockets sure are “shiny objects” for distraction.
13El Jefe, I’ve got to disagree with you about Jim Bridenstine. He was appointed to distroy NASA, just like DeVos at Education, Pruitt at EPA etc. But he deftly said the right things to Trump while supporting the engineers and scientists, and got us back into the space game. By telling Trump that he could land humans back on the moon before the end of Trump’s second term, he won administration support and enough budget money to make this feat happen.
It’s pretty interesting that Bridenstine pivoted from science denier, to full supporter, just by changing constituencies. Maybe there is some hope for some of them, if the GOP leadership changes.
14Ruined is correct. I didn’t see any of it cause the blob would not only be there but would also open his face anus too.
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