Trump will make America stupid, tweet-rages DeGrasse Tyson

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The president hasn't yet made himself everyone's favorite.

Indeed, when his 2018 budget was announced last week, many saw cuts to arts funding, education, health and even Meals On Wheels and gasped.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is one of those left unimpressed.

In a storm of tweets on Sunday, the astrophysicist offered his own grim criticism of Donald Trump's budget. To lighten the mood, he made use of the president's most famous campaign slogan.

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[Initech]

1. Amen, Neil!!!!

[NurseJackie]

2. Thank you, Neil ... We love you.

❤❤❤

[infidelsavant]

3. I love me some Neil.

He's amazing.

[Staph]

4. Well done, Neil!

I almost forgive you for helping to demote Pluto!

[Kimchijeon]

9. haha!

Poor Pluto

[Louis1895]

5. Trump is MAD

Making America Dumb

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[Kimchijeon]

7. I literally JUST finished listening to March 15th's StarTalk radio right now

and was about to go to the next one... I love me some Neil deGrasse Tyson!!!

[ismnotwasm]

8. K&R

[Ruy Lopez]

10. Putin and Betsy de Vos will make American Science great again. It's true.

Betsy de Vos will find brilliant solutions to teach all kids in a great way.

Under constant surveillance of Uncle Vlad, I promise.

Fantastic education. The best. Believe me.

[rpannier]

11. Yep

God, His son Jesus and His best friend and neighbor Vlad created the world in 7 days
Then they took off their shirts, went horseback riding and wrestled. Putin won

[Ruy Lopez]

13. Wasn't Chuck Norris involved?

[dchill]

17. Nope. He's dumb, he's a Republican, but...

He's all in for Mike Huckabee. Loser!

[Ruy Lopez]

28. Naaah. Asking if Chuck Norris had a role in genesis along with Putin

Look one or two posts up

[ProudLib72]

24. 6 days

On the seventh they found out Obama had wiretapped their phones.

[Honeycombe8]

12. Well, that cuts to the chase. nt

[Honeycombe8]

14. You know, he's pretty attractive for an astrophysicist. Just sayin'.

Is he the one with Cosmos show on PBS?

[Lisa0825]

20. Yes, he did Cosmos. I wish they would do another season!

So much more he could do with it!

See my pic downthread... jealous???

[elmac]

15. No

Fox no news beat him to it

[Leith]

16. He Went on a Tear Today!

I love when he gets worked up.

This is only a minute and a half and it will give you a big smile:

[Lisa0825]

21. Love it!!!! He usually stays out of politics, but sometimes reality makes him go there! nt

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

31. LOL... funny. I love his passion. n/t

[3auld6phart]

34. Funny.

Love that guy. Neil Tyson and seeing Bill Nye. Brilliant minds.

[spanone]

18. K&R...

[Lisa0825]

19. In a parallel Universe out there somewhere, he is my husband. (pic)

me on the left *swoon*

I won tix to a taping of StarTalk last year!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

32. Cool n/t

[Honeycombe8]

35. +1. nt

[logosoco]

40. Replying here just to be in a thread with someone w

Who was next to NDT in real life! I am impressed (and a little jealous!)

[Lisa0825]

45. It was awesome! He spent time talking to each audience member personally.

I submitted a form on the Star Talk website to go into the drawing for tickets, and almost a year letter, I got notified that my name was drawn! It was awesome!!!

[warmfeet]

42. I am jealous.

I got to see him at Beth El a couple of years ago. I did not get to meet him, however.

[Lisa0825]

46. As I mentioned above, you can try to win Star Talk tickets too!

He is so awesome in a small group setting! He asked each of us questions and really conversed with us, not just a meet and greet line. The staff there all ADORE him too! They said he is the best boss ever!

[warmfeet]

48. I will try that.

He is one of my heroes. Carl Sagan was also a great influence on me, and a personal hero.

[Volaris]

22. We need people like him to run for Congress.

Yeah, I know, it's not what he wants to do and not what he was trained for. But we need people who see the Big Picture...who understand how the pieces go together, even the stupid ones that keep wanting to be on the damned floor.

If Meryl Streep and Ellen Degeneres or Jon Stewart were on the committee for education, do you think for a short minute there WOULDNT be enough money for scholastic and community arts programs?

Neither do I.

[Hekate]

23. I love Neil de Grasse Tyson. Seriously.

[unitedwethrive]

25. It can't be said enough.

[Cha]

26. He's already made a good part of it stupid.. our

Mission is to make America Smart again..


Mahalo, Yo!

[Egnever]

27. If Trump goes after him it will be a yuuge mistake

I am betting he won't be able to help himself.

[dalton99a]

43. I don't think Trump can spell physicist

[Vinca]

29. How does it happen that we have so many intelligent people in this country, but

we end up with a narcissistic dim bulb as a leader?

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

30. Electoral college n/t

[IronLionZion]

33. A population that is weak, sick, uneducated, and afraid of each other

is very easy to control.

Liberals want our population to be healthy, educated, and confident. Conservatives don't do well under those conditions.

[LakeArenal]

36. Sigh....

Maybe Neil is an alien... Space alien that is.. From a culture far superior to earth's..

[LuckyLib]

37. You know he will be front and center at the March for Science -- April 22.

Find one near you. This is part of "takin' it to the streets" -- numbers of people in towns and cities all over the country.

https://www.marchforscience.com/

[gilbert sullivan]

38. Thanks for that, I hadn't heard of it

I hope it generates more interest than I think it will.

[LuckyLib]

39. Lots of women's groups are going. We have to fight back against the crazy!

And welcome to DU!

[Lisa0825]

47. We already have over 1000 RSVPs to the one in Houston

and it is still a month away!

[beam me up scottie]

44. Yep, they're doing a lot of organizing on Facebook.

If the amount of enthusiasm this March has generated is any indication the turnout will be huge.

[grantcart]

41. His election already confirmed that diagnosis