President Trump has issued an executive order that will require the moon to be in a polar orbit by Labor Day of this year. The moon would normally be at full on September the second. However, to make the most spectacular display the full moon has been rescheduled to the night of Monday, September 7, 2020. The full moon rising in the north following the holiday fireworks is expected to be extraordinary.
President Trump said that under Article II of the Constitution, he has the unconditional authority to change the moon's orbit by executive order. Many scientists say that this is absurd, but this has been disregard by most sources as a minority view.
The people of Alaska expressed great excitement of the prospect of watching a moon rise over the North Pole. Many people living at the southern tip of South America, in Chile and especially in the Argentina area of Terra del Fuego, were amazed to realize that they will now have moon light almost 365 days of the year. One authority said that a full moon reflecting off the Antarctic snow and ice would light up the region like the tropics.
The PBS News hour's Judy Woodruff interviewed Kellyanne Conway for more than twenty minutes. She first asked Conway to "Remind us which is the moon and which is the orbit." In a follow-up she raised serious concerns about how this would affect international trade in the Pacific rim countries.
Meanwhile, Mike Pence waxed enthusiastic on Fox News. He said that the polar orbit was long overdue and that this was just one of the remarkable achievements of the new Space Force.
Mitch McConnell, over on the hill, said that the Senate was prepared to vote for the 783 Billion dollar appropriation bill that is necessary to achieve this great American Triumph.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party's organizations and many Democratic office holders and candidates have sent out emails pleading for donations of $25 dollars or more to stop Trump's plan to change the moon's orbit.
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