The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear.

President Trump pledges in inaugural address to pursue policy that 'expands our territory' and to put US astronauts on Mars.

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars.

President Trump vowed to send American astronauts to the planet Mars in his inaugural address, envisioning a moment when the U.S. flag is planted on Martian soil. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars,

President Donald Trump set a bold new goal in his inauguration speech. He wants to go to Mars. Details are thin, but the aspiration should benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a bevy of publicly traded commercial space stocks.

In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump reignited America’s space ambitions with a bold declaration: a mission to Mars. Promising to plant the Stars and Stripes on the Red Planet, Trump’s vision to invigorate the US space industry and redefine the nation’s role as a leader in extraterrestrial exploration sent share prices of companies

Billionaire and SpaceX owner Elon Musk was front and center during Donald Trump's inauguration after donating around $200m to get him elected as outgoing President Joe Biden warns of an oligarchy forming.