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I would have been teary eyed too. Travelling as far as you can and still hear that asshole come out of the speakers. I would demand a refund.
I’d like to commend Trump for lowering himself to talk to a woman and shudder A Black
Funnily enough. There’s no woman nor person of color farther away from him than these two.
Lucky, lucky people
Also, Trump referring to Jeremy Hansen:
And the 4 brave astronauts of Artemis II are our modern-day, you really are modern-day pioneers, all of you. And one of them happens to be a neighbor. You know who that is, right? You have a special person over there, a neighbor. And, uh, we like our neighbor.
Did the ‘enlightened, very intelligent, definitely not MAGA’ astronauts use their platform to say something about Gaza or the war in Iran?
They all jarheads lol
当然
What an idiotic move it would be to potentially piss off a powerful man-child leading a nation while you’re dependent on an agency of that nation to get back to civilization.
it was the best platform they will ever have to speak up against Trump, if they didn’t do it it’s because they’re aligned 🤷♀️ , which i know they are because all but one are jarheads.
Surely the opportunity to make such an important message to a global audience would trump the personal safety of 4 guys careers to anyone with half a conscious.
It’s not just careers on the line here. And that to say something just so all the people who need to hear it immediately get back into the brainwash machine again 5 minutes later to listen to thousands of hours of billionaire-controlled media? That’s worth it?
Me when astronauts start blathering about the bible:
I want to see their faces when ICE fishes them out of the ocean …
The paranormal community at large has been treating UFOs and aliens as transdimensional entities indistinguishable from historical and biblical demons for a long time now, including Djinn, fae, elves, earth spirits, and ghosts.
'Demon’s the way they use it are ones who reveal themselves, as opposed to those who hide in the shadows. Demon - strate, demonstrate themselves.
They are not American only, what do you expect.
you mean not US-American.
Yeah, sorry. “Not from the US”. In Spanish I’d say “estadounidense”, but there’s no such word in english sadly. USian isn’t a word lol.
Also technically isn’t Mexico also USM the same way US is USA? Not my fault they decide to call themselves the continent and no one stopped it. 😅
It is United Mexican States so it would be UMS
not the point
Yeah I understand, but I was trying (and apparently failing) to emphasize that Trump’s speech was not here or there in such an international team, which is in part why the reaction is as it was.
do you mean that it might be that they couldn’t make up everything he was saying? sorry, as a non native speaker myself, your wording confused me a bit 😅
Not quite, I’m not a native speaker either so sorry if it wasn’t clear.
I meant that for the Canadian astronaut and all the Spaniard and Canadian teammates that have made this possible, Trump talking about the US is as if the US astronauts were to receive a speech from Pedro Sanchez about Spain.
No wonder they look like they don’t care, it’s not the place to talk about the US.
I’m a native speaker and can’t make it out either so don’t blame yourself.
We feel you mister astronaut. The entire planet is with you.
Apparently they just let Trump talk and didn’t respond for a full minute and Trump was like “anyway you’re the best” and they still didn’t respond and Trump’s people ended the call.
The astronauts gave him the silent treatment. They could clearly hear him.
Yes they were actually very polite, they knew they were speaking with a demented narcissist.
I watched it live, they did respond to his direct questions, but at some point Trump went into a monologue that didn’t end in a question, and they didn’t say anything back, keeping a silence going for an awkward amount of time until Houston asked if they are still on the line and they confirmed that yeah they heard everything. And said nothing else.
Nah other way around. The astronauts asked a NASA administrator if they are still on the line or if there was a handover. Then Tump replied “I am, yes, I am”.
This is fucking amazing
Luckiest folks in the human race. Furthest from Trump.
Furthest from Trump and yet were told they needed to be on a direct call with him. Apparently even being in space isn’t enough.
They could presumably be within 300 miles of him.
As of this writing they’re still over 300,000 km away from the Earth. https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/
Doh they’re going to the moon! I was thinking the ISS.
They were behind the moon. Now on the way back.
I hope they listened to that one cd
Vic Mackey is so done with this shit.
I wouldn’t have gone to the moon if I were them. You know they’ll have to meet the president after they get back. It’s not worth it.
I would have stayed in moon orbit.
I’m not sure if “have to” is true. I’m sure they could refuse. The consequences might include not being an astronaut, but that’s probably the same as your option.
totally worth it.
free ride to the moon and a chance to
killmeet the most sadistic megalomaniac in history?hell yeah, sign me the fuck up!
I like the way you think lol
It ain’t free. They’re on the clock, they’re being paid.
Even better!
They are glad to have left the earth.
The two on the left imagining just never going back to earth
I assume only maga astronauts (or ones who can do a convincing facsimile thereof) on the ground would be allowed in the crew.
maga
astronauts
You haven’t seen the illiterate statistics for them yet have you lol
Russian astronauts have to be ardent Putin supporters (and they’re not allowed to talk to others on the ISS) but US astronauts don’t have to be MAGAts. Yet.
Astronauts are highly educated and trained individuals. Not a single MAGA ding dong is qualified to go into space.
The Russian scientists on the ISS are all Putin fans, though.
Or pretend to be, at least. Then they “accidentally” had to much yellow fabric left over, so their space suits turned out blue and yellow …
Not easy to get thrown out of a window when in space.
You assume incorrectly. I’ve been watching the stream for days. They named their craft Integrity, for fuck’s sake. They have been promoting messages of unity and global cooperation for the betterment of ALL humankind. Does that sound MAGA to you?
they’re career jarheads lmao.
I was watching live when Trump called in, and the astronauts were clearly trying to emphasize the benefits of diversity and co-operation, and I’m quite sure none of that sunk in. Trump was too busy mispronouncing names, not knowing the difference between the name of the mission and the name of the craft, big noting his own role in funding NASA (while his administration has been actively attacking NASA) and generally waffling on because he likes to listen to himself speak.
The next call after that also had the NASA director comment something like “I’m sure this call won’t be as special as that last one” whereupon commander Wiseman burst out laughing so I’m pretty confident those involved in the mission are not in Trump’s camp. Which is to be expected, because their jobs require them to be humans with functioning brains.
Thanks for the synopsis - you’ve saved me a few braincells
