Trump Gets Roasted For His Epic Tweet on Moon

Donald Trump storms the internet on Thursday in yet another tweet on NASA that says the Moon is a part of Mars.

'For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago. They (NASA) should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!'

The 72-year-old US President’s propensity for Twitter gaffes is very well known and documented. However, in his latest tweet which claims the moon is actually a part of Mars, he simply outdone himself.  Though he was trying to question NASA’S decision to spend money on another moon mission simply exploded the social media and backfired. 

Trump’s tweet is not just in contradiction to a well-established universal fact about the moon’s identity as being planetary body, but also to his own statements in 2017 when he showed tremendous interest on the Mars missions. He had actually asked NASA to accelerate plans to return to the Moon and to land humans on the surface again by 2024.

After showing such interest, why is he questioning NASA, which is a significant change of his support of Mars missions? As a part of political commentary and as a political psychologist, I can say that this is not the first time when he has made such a cynical statement. By resorting to such comments, he either tries to grab attention, which he surely does, or he tries to manipulate public opinion in the most vacuous manner.

What Trump says and what he means are not always in sync. It is reasonable to ascertain that what he meant was that while Mars should be the focus, our moon should also be included in space exploration plans. But, it’s not what he actually said. And that something being hotly debated on social media by anit-Trump and pro-Trump Americans.

Trump has not only given scientists sleepless nights over the Moon-Mars conundrum, but also shattered NASA’s Mars mission plans. yet, this is nothing new for Trump. If he aims to win the 2020re-election, then he must rise above his conceited attitude and work for the welfare of Americans, and show leadership instead of just blabbering. USA politics is going under tremendous fluctuations, and he has much else to worry about. North Korea is still a threat. Iran is a serious rising concern. While his tariffs are causing significant harm to the economy as farmers are going bankrupt at an alarming rate. 

-Dr. Bart Rossi Ph.D

Analysis of USA Politics during Trump’s Reign

It's nearly a quarter of the way through Donald Trump's presidential term. There have been promises kept, broken and ignored. But, how much has his policies changed U.S. Politics? Has he succeeded?

A Discussion:-

Immigration

The Trump administration undertook the immigration issue pretty much right out of the gate, with it’s ill-fated executive order closing the U.S border to entrants from a handful of majority-Muslim nations. Application of that effort led to chaos at U.S airports and a quick suspension at the hands of US courts.

Mr. Donald Trump also announced an end to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme. It granted normalised residency status to roughly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who entered the US when they were children. The order has been temporarily suspended by the court, as well

As for the Mexican border wall, possibly the most memorable of Donald Trump campaign promises, funding is still in doubt and the money to pay for it will almost certainly come from U.S. taxpayers and not Mexico. He makes the claim that it is being paid through trade tariffs, precisely because he doesn’t seem to understand how trade works: tariffs are essentially a tax on American importers, and ultimately, American consumers. 
 

Infrastructure

The infrastructure plan during the Trump reign has always been just around the next bend. Instead, Congress and the administration first emphasized on healthcare reform, an effort that ended in a string of disappointments. Despite the heightened impeachment rhetoric and investigations, Democratic leadership continues to try and work with Trump on infrastructure. 

Healthcare

For most part of the year, it seemed as though Mr. Trump's efforts to revoke Obamacare and replace it with a conservative plan would fall flat. Beneath the dramatic legislative failures, the administration has taken important steps to chip away at the foundations of the Democrat's signature law, but with nothing to replace it -- despite his claims in January 2017 that a new plan “was almost complete. And it’s a great plan”. Yeah, not.

Trade

He has repeatedly emphasised "reciprocal" trade and encouraged friendly nations to buy US-made products. But he quickly ended US participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership., and initiated talks with Canada and Mexico to restructure the North American Free Trade Agreement. Meanwhile, his trade war with China, which he claimed “Trade wars are easy to win” lingers on, costing American companies billions of dollars as the trade deficit with China has skyrocketed. And again, he claims the treasury is taking in billions from the tariffs, although he fails to realize the increased costs to American importers is not paid to the treasury, it is paid by those American businesses. 

 

Conclusion:-

From the analysis mentioned above, it can be deduced that U.S. politics during the tenure of Trump has suffered quite a lot on the political as well as the economic front. 

-Dr. Bart Rossi, Ph.D

Trump and the Border Wall Mystery

It's nearly a quarter of the way through Donald Trump's presidential term. There have been promises kept, broken and ignored. But, how much has his policies changed U.S. Politics? Has he succeeded?

A Discussion:-

Immigration

The Trump administration undertook the immigration issue pretty much right out of the gate, with it’s ill-fated executive order closing the U.S border to entrants from a handful of majority-Muslim nations. Application of that effort led to chaos at U.S airports and a quick suspension at the hands of US courts.

Mr. Donald Trump also announced an end to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme. It granted normalised residency status to roughly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who entered the US when they were children. The order has been temporarily suspended by the court, as well

As for the Mexican border wall, possibly the most memorable of Donald Trump campaign promises, funding is still in doubt and the money to pay for it will almost certainly come from U.S. taxpayers and not Mexico. He makes the claim that it is being paid through trade tariffs, precisely because he doesn’t seem to understand how trade works: tariffs are essentially a tax on American importers, and ultimately, American consumers. 
 

Infrastructure

The infrastructure plan during the Trump reign has always been just around the next bend. Instead, Congress and the administration first emphasized on healthcare reform, an effort that ended in a string of disappointments. Despite the heightened impeachment rhetoric and investigations, Democratic leadership continues to try and work with Trump on infrastructure. 

Healthcare

For most part of the year, it seemed as though Mr. Trump's efforts to revoke Obamacare and replace it with a conservative plan would fall flat. Beneath the dramatic legislative failures, the administration has taken important steps to chip away at the foundations of the Democrat's signature law, but with nothing to replace it -- despite his claims in January 2017 that a new plan “was almost complete. And it’s a great plan”. Yeah, not.

Trade

He has repeatedly emphasised "reciprocal" trade and encouraged friendly nations to buy US-made products. But he quickly ended US participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership., and initiated talks with Canada and Mexico to restructure the North American Free Trade Agreement. Meanwhile, his trade war with China, which he claimed “Trade wars are easy to win” lingers on, costing American companies billions of dollars as the trade deficit with China has skyrocketed. And again, he claims the treasury is taking in billions from the tariffs, although he fails to realize the increased costs to American importers is not paid to the treasury, it is paid by those American businesses. 

 

Conclusion:-

From the analysis mentioned above, it can be deduced that U.S. politics during the tenure of Trump has suffered quite a lot on the political as well as the economic front. 

-Dr. Bart Rossi, Ph.D

Mueller is Investigating Donald Trump as a Russian Asset

As per a recent report by The New York Times, the FBI has been investigating whether President Trump had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests. The story reframes the focus and purpose of the investigation headed by Robert Mueller. 

The probe is not only about Russian election interference, or about Trump’s impediment of the probe, it is about the secret connection between Trump and Russia that seems to be causing both these things to happen.

The FBI would not investigate a President simply for protecting friendly views of a rival state. The potential that President Trump is working on behalf of Russia suggests some kind of corrupt secret relationship, though this is mere suspicion.  It is therefore, an investigation into whether Trump is a Russian asset.

An asset can define a wide range of relationships. However, in Trump’s case, it would mean that he is subject to witting or unwitting compliance of Russia’s wishes. If witting, then it could be because of financial or personal blackmail, or promised financial gain. I unwitting simply as a dupe, not knowing or caring what Russia’s agenda is. It is far more likely that Trump’s financial vulnerability opened him up to Russian leverage, as analysed by experts dealing with Political Psychology. This is the kind of information American investigators can access.

Does Russia have some kind of backchannel to shape Trump’s thinking? 

Donald Trump has met with and done business with Russians since 1987. It was after his first trip to Moscow that he anticipated running for president. It is well within the realm of probability that Russians used blackmail, bribes or just simple flattery to help shape his thinking on world affairs.

It is hard to understand how else some of the idiosyncratic and strangely Russpohillic ideas he routinely spurts have found their way into Trump’s brain. A lot of the public focus on the Mueller investigation has centered on campaign collusion. Russia has worked to help elect Trump. Putin openly admitted he wanted Trump to win, and his campaign, at a minimum, welcomed their entrees of help, and at maximum, they actively participated and contributed. 

Conclusion:-

The relationship between Trump and Putin did not merely rest on their mutual interest of the Trump campaign beating Clinton, but deeper connections based on Trump team meetings with Russians that were not only undisclosed, but lied about. Mueller is not merely looking into crimes, but trying to determine the foundational loyalties of the President of the United States.

-Dr. Bart Rossi Ph.D