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Red Planet, Red Face
In an interplanetary power grab that left astrophysicists questioning their life choices, Donald Trump live-streamed his coronation as Emperor of Mars from a Las Vegas hotel room decorated to look like the Martian surface. “The Perseverance rover found definite evidence of election fraud,” Trump declared while wearing a spacesuit accessorized with a golden belt buckle reading “MAGA – Mars Always Grants Authority.”
First Imperial Decrees
Trump’s inaugural Mars edicts included renaming Olympus Mons “Trump Mons” (“much bigger than Everest, everyone says so”), replacing the Martian north star with a hologram of his face, and declaring all water ice “Trump Ice – the best space water.” NASA engineers wept openly when ordered to construct a 500-foot golf resort inside Valles Marineris, complete with “the galaxy’s first extraterrestrial clubhouse.”
Scientific Backlash
Seventeen NASA planetary scientists immediately resigned when Trump demanded they “fix” Mars’ atmosphere to better match Earth’s 1950s climate data. “He wants us to pump in oxygen but also keep it red for branding,” said one former researcher, now drinking heavily at a Cape Canaveral dive bar. Meanwhile, SpaceX employees discovered Trump had sharpied his signature onto actual Mars photos stored in their archives.
Political Fallout
The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs called an emergency session after Trump tweeted that Earth’s moon “owes Mars millions in tidal debt.” China’s space program abruptly changed all its Mars mission names to avoid trademark lawsuits, while Elon Musk was seen frantically deleting old tweets about Martian colonization. Back on Earth, Trump’s legal team filed paperwork claiming mineral rights to the asteroid belt, calling it “the ultimate eminent domain.”
Martian Economy
Trump’s newly established Mars Treasury introduced the “Trump Credit” (backed by “the full faith and credit of being me”). Early attempts at interplanetary trade stalled when Trump demanded all Earth exports to Mars pay a 300% “gravity tariff” and be delivered to “the beautiful Trump Space Dock (formerly Phobos).” Economists warn his plan to replace Mars’ two moons with “one big, classy moon” could destabilize the entire solar system.
Cultural Impact
Hollywood scrambled to reshoot Mars-themed movies, with “The Martian” now ending with Matt Damon surrendering to Trump’s Space Force. The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum closed its Mars exhibit after Trump threatened to “repossess the rocks.” Meanwhile, a new cult calling themselves “The Mar-a-Lago Martians” began constructing a compound in Arizona to practice “living under His Emperorship’s glorious red light.”
Final Frontier
The saga reached its climax when Trump announced plans to run for President of Jupiter “because the gas giants are being terribly mismanaged.” As astronomers worldwide began drinking heavily, Trump’s legal team served Saturn with papers claiming its rings “create unfair competition for my gold-plated space stations.” When reminded Jupiter has no solid surface, Trump simply tweeted: “FAKE SCIENCE! I’ll build one – the best surface – and make the asteroids pay for it.”
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