Polar Opposites: One of the World's Greatest Achievements, One of the World's Worst Leaders

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Earlier tonight, while watching the BBC News channel, I saw a fine example of polar opposites, of two distinctly different things that are happening in the world right now.

On the left-hand side of the screen I watched the latest happenings from the Artemis II mission as they achieved even more greatness, travelling further than humans have gone before, further than the astronauts on the Apollo 13 mission, nearly 250,000 miles from Earth.

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On the right-hand side of the screen I saw the worst President in the history of the United States, Donald
Trump, giving his latest press conference. I couldn’t hear what he was saying at the time, but I had a good idea what he was talking about, insulting his predecessors and his allies, praising his own efforts, while also trying to justify his recent behaviour of himself and his country, and having just read a couple of reports of that press conference, it seems I wasn’t far from the truth.

So let’s celebrate the achievements four brave people on the Artemis II mission, as well as the thousands of people around the world who made this mission possible as they go where no one has gone before. (Sorry, I just had to say it). It’s a hell of an achievement for our tiny little planet.

But let’s also chastise the bitter, narcissistic world leader who only thinks of himself and of what he can get out of any situation, a man who has lead his country down a dangerous path with his idiotic rhetoric, a man who has absolutely no idea how to get out of the chaotic mess he’s gotten himself into.