Buzz Aldrin said that his greatest achievement was successfully restraining himself from punching President Trump.
Buzz Aldrin said that his greatest achievement was successfully restraining himself from punching President Trump.
On 30 June 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council, which has been defunct since it was absorbed by the National Science and Technology Council in 1993. Â Standing by his side was astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 87, who was the second person to walk on the moon (after Neil Armstrong) as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Trumpâ€™s exchange with Aldrin quickly went viral:Â < â€œWe know what this is, space. Thatâ€™s all it has to say: space. Thereâ€™s a lot of room out there, right?â€ Trump asked Aldrin as he prepared to sign the order. Aldrin replied with a quote from the astronaut character Buzz Lightyear from the movie â€œToy Story.â€ â€œInfinity and beyond!â€ Aldrin said. â€œThis is infinity here,â€ Trump responded as Aldrin looked on, appearing increasingly confused by his comments. â€œIt could be infinity. We donâ€™t really donâ€™t know. But it could be. It has to be something â€“ but it could be infinity, right?â€ > The next day, a web site purporting to be the online arm of a publication called The Rochdale Herald published an article appearing to report that Aldrin said his biggest life achievement was restraining himself from punching President Trump: < Buzz Aldrin has suprised many today by saying that his greatest achievement is not punching Donald Trump. Mr Aldrin attended an event where the President gave a rambling word salad of a speech. Mr Aldrin looked visibly pained as he explained to the Herald, â€œAt first I thought it was a joke or alzheimers awareness thing. As he went on I realised it wasnâ€™t Alec Baldwin but the actual President. How is that possible? Iâ€™ve met Nixon, Johnson and Obama and never experienced anything like that. Hell, even Bush used to be able to get words into the right order.â€ Aldrin, who famously punched a moon landing conspiracy theorist went on to say, â€œHow the hell do you inspire kids with that? Who can honestly say being President is something to aspire to? > The follow-up story is a work of fiction. The Rochdale Herald says on its page that it publishes satire â€œfrom the worldâ€™s worst local newspaperâ€, and the web siteâ€™s â€œAboutâ€ page contains more information:Â < The Rochdale Herald is a satirical, spoof, parody commentary on current affairs, and stuff that annoys and amuses us. We make it up and itâ€™s not intended, in any way whatsoever, to be considered factual. If you read a story on The Rochdale Herald, please take a deep breath before going off the deep end as we probably made it up, apart from the horoscopes, theyâ€™re all completely legit (no they arenâ€™t, we make those up too). We donâ€™t spend much time checking facts or corroborating sources because, and we canâ€™t stress this enough, weâ€™re not actually journalists and are making most of it up. This is an entertainment site that may occasionally confuse some fact with fiction and vice-versa but ultimately weâ€™re writing about the news to make you laugh. We also might talk about sex and swear a bit from time to time so if youâ€™re under 18 please donâ€™t read it. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental, seriously. > Although Aldrin never said that he had restrained himself from punching the President, the astronaut did display some curious facial expressions during the speech:
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