Ground control to major Don...Buzz Aldrin proves that the best shade you can throw is non-verbal

[Miles Archer]

[underpants]

1. Is this from the ceremony yesterday?

I missed it but it looks to have been quite the Trumpian mess.

[Miles Archer]

2. Yes...

...that closeup is from The Mirror (U.K.)

From Yahoo:

Either Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin had a bad meal or he was as confused as we were about President Donald Trump’s comments on space and security Friday in the Oval Office.

The astronaut was at Trump’s side as the president announced a new executive order reestablishing the National Space Council — 24 years after it was last active — to direct space policy in his administration.

Trump’s remarks began with the president’s usual boasting: “We’re going to lead again like we never led before.” But he then appeared to claim all of space for the U.S., calling it the “next great American frontier.”

Trump also referred to space “providing the security that we need to protect the American people.” And he sent Aldrin’s eyebrows shooting up when he added, inexplicably, “At some point in the future, we’re going to look back and say, ‘How did we do it without space?’”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/buzz-aldrin-looked-baffled-felt-012236044.html

[oberliner]

3. Aldrin is a RW Republican who very much supports Trump

He's been advising him since 2016.

[bellmartin]

4. Yes, but little by little, anyone like him with a brain left has those moments of clarity...

where they begin to realize what a horrible mistake they've made.

Only the sort of people who enthusiastically attend his rallies will never get it (and we do hear anecdotal stories that even some of them do).

[oberliner]

5. Aldrin does not think he's made a mistake

He is getting what he wants from Trump, just like the other Republicans.