“We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on planet Mars,” he said. Trump’s comments sparked an enthusiastic response from his close ally, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk, who pumped his arms and gave a thumbs up.

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked the 19th century expansionist doctrine of "Manifest Destiny" in laying out plans for space exploration.

William McKinley was a racist imperialist, someone Trump admires That’s the term that pretty much defined the displacement and death of tens of thousands of native Americans. It defined settler colonialism and US imperialism.

“WE WILL PURSUE OUR MANIFEST DESTINY,” declared Donald Trump in his inaugural address, not only here on Earth but “into the stars . . . to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.” Welcome to the Age of Interplanetary Expansionism.

President Donald Trump declared the U.S. will be pursuing its destiny by planting the American flag on Mars, much to

Space stocks skyrocketed on Tuesday, the first trading session following Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, as he highlighted his administration’s enthusiasm surrounding space exploration.