The president couldn’t resist remarking it was the anniversary of planting an American flag on the moon – but it was a human achievement Buzz Aldrin has described the “magnificent desolation” of the moon. On Friday he got more desolation, but it wasn’t so magnificent. Aged 89, the second man on the moon hovered awkwardly at one end of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. Michael Collins, 88, Apollo 11 command module pilot, stood at the other with his fingers pressed on the desktop. Between them sat Donald Trump , holding court not about the greatest scientific achievement in human history but trying to defend his racist attacks on a black Muslim US congresswoman. Continue reading...