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

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

In his 29-minute Inaugural Address, Trump promised to defeat inflation and to “end the chronic disease epidemic.” He promised national power so great that it could “stop all wars,” and expand the nation’s territory. He even promised to “restore American promise.”

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,

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.

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 inaugural address on Monday, new US President Donald Trump spoke about sending humans to Mars. "We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars,