The Orange Pedophile in the White House Finally Takes a Positive Action on the Collapse of the Planetary Atmosphere.

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3. It reminds me of NASA

He was big on the Artemis program. Oh yeah! We’re going to ramp that right up! Forget about the “Gateway” space station (who needs that?) Forget about the planetary science programs (i.e. climate science.) Forget about science pretty much altogether.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/11/artemis-ii-nasa-budget-cuts

Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program

Richard Luscombe
Sat 11 Apr 2026 13.33 BST

The astronauts onboard Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface.

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Even as Integrity, the mission moniker for the Orion capsule of Artemis II, ascended into the heavens days ago, Donald Trump was announcing his intention to slash Nasa’s budget by 23%, including a 46% cut for space science initiatives. And the Artemis program that has run years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget offers no guarantees that the next, far harder stages will run as smoothly.

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But there is also the president, who expressed in a post to his own Truth Social on Friday how proud he was of the “great and very talented” crew while making no mention of his desire to impose “extinction-level” cuts to the agency he purports to value.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116383366460984028

Isaacman said he supported the White House desire to strip a further $6bn in funding from his agency, insisting that the levels “are sufficient” to meet “high expectations and deliver on all mission priorities”.

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