“The moon belongs to us,” Trump says

“The moon belongs to us,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account. He accompanied the statement with an AI-generated image of the moon and Earth displaying an American flag.

The article recalls the earlier space rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. On July 20, 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission put U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin on the lunar surface.

Lunar exploration has since expanded beyond the United States. China, India, Japan and the European Space Agency have sent unmanned spacecraft to the moon or turned their attention toward lunar missions. NASA has also returned its focus to the moon through the Artemis program.

Under Artemis, NASA plans to send a man and a woman to the moon after 2030. The article says those plans were developed on Trump’s instructions and that NASA is preparing for settlements on the lunar surface. China is also drawing up plans for lunar settlements.

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The moon belongs to us.