• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    3 hours ago

    They obviously talked about this in advance, and decided that they would let him talk, because they didn’t have a choice, but they wouldn’t engage. Answer his questions with as little as possible, and don’t ask anything back. Don’t give them anything he can use as propaganda, no kissing his ass, praising him for his great leadership in getting America back in space, etc.

    They were so committed to the bit, that when he ran out of steam, they just let him twist in the wind.

    Glorious.

  • borQue@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    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.

  • testaccount789@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    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.

    Source

  • moonandstar@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Did the ‘enlightened, very intelligent, definitely not MAGA’ astronauts use their platform to say something about Gaza or the war in Iran?

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      5 hours ago

      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.

      • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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        4 hours ago

        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.

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        5 hours ago

        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.

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          5 hours ago

          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?

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 hours ago

        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. 😅

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 hours ago

        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.

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          8 hours ago

          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 😅

          • Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            6 hours ago

            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.

  • BanMe@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    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.

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      5 hours ago

      Yes they were actually very polite, they knew they were speaking with a demented narcissist.

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      18 hours ago

      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.

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        11 hours ago

        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”.

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    20 hours ago

    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.