President Deals makes an offer

Prior to a phone call with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson from the Oval Office in April 2017, Trump pressed Robert Lightfoot Jr., then the acting NASA administrator, for NASA's plans for Mars, New York Magazine reported Tuesday, citing an advance copy of Cliff Sims's upcoming book "Team of Vipers."

“Is there any way we could do it by the end of my first term?” Trump reportedly asked Lightfoot, who explained to the president that NASA planned to try a manned spaceflight by the 2030s and that there were logistical challenges of doing so before then.

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“But what if I gave you all the money you could ever need to do it?” Trump asked. “What if we sent NASA’s budget through the roof, but focused entirely on that instead of whatever else you’re doing now. Could it work then?”

  The Hill

Let me guess. Lightfoot, unlike the ignorant ass in the oval office, knew that Congress holds the purse strings, not the president. Not to mention, NASA couldn't just drop everything they were doing.

Lightfoot reportedly responded to the president by telling him he didn't think that was possible. That left Trump "visibly disappointed," wrote Sims, a former White House communications staffer.

Trump also pressed the issue during the phone call with Whitson, saying that he wanted to get humans on Mars "at worst, during my second term."

A second term would indeed be at worst.

This is a book we're going to be getting more quotes from. There've already been some doozies, including from Stuff (notably with a nasty Paul Ryan take-down by Trump) and Axios (recounting the making of Trump's enemies - leakers - list).

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.