With all of Donald Trump’s recent braying about how the United States plans to acquire the nation of Greenland (whether they like it or not,), you may have forgotten that we already own a substantial piece of real estate in outer space, according to eternally vacuous Fox News host Jesse Watters.
Yes, the moon is all ours. Or so Watters, in his intellectually-challenged state of mind, believes.
Appearing on the Fox show “The Five,” Watters proudly proclaimed, “The United States always secures her interests, economically, militarily, either by force or purchase. Louisiana Purchase. Alaska. The Philippines. We even got the Marshall Islands after World War II. You don’t even know where they are, Greg. We got the moon. I think we own it.”
When another member of the panel laughed in derision at Watters moronic declaration, he doubled down.
“I know we own it,” he said.
No, nope, and hell to the no, Jesse.
The United States does not own the moon. As a matter of fact, no one does.
According to the “Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of Staters in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies” which was ratified in 1967:
“The exploration and use of outer space shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries and shall be the province of all mankind.”
“Outer space shall be free for exploration and use by all States.”
“Outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.”
“The Moon and other celestial bodies shall be used exclusively for peaceful purposes.”
It’s not ours, and social media users couldn’t resist raking Watters over the proverbial coals (or in this case, perhaps it would be blue cheese) and mocking him all the way to outer space and back again. Take a look:
Here’s a thought: Since we “own” the moon, can we put Jesse Watters in a rocket, shoot him to the moon, and leave him stranded there? Planet Earth would be a lot more intelligent if we did.
