Does Trump have the power to redesignate Pluto as a planet once again?

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A legendary actor has taken a surprising turn to the right after calling on President Donald Trump to make Pluto great again. William Shatner, best known for playing Captain Kirk on Star Trek, pushed for the Republican leader to overrule scientists and declare that Pluto is once again the ninth planet in the solar system.

The actor blasted the scientific community on Thursday, calling members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) a bunch of 'idiots' for stripping Pluto of its status as a planet in 2006, which it had held since its discovery in 1930.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14717495/Legendary-actor-shockingly-comes-support-Donald-Trump.html

Apparently, Shatner's not the only one asking for this change. Musk has his back.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Ummmm ... this wasn't done tongue-in-cheek ? I can see Shatner saying this with that secret smile of his ...

The Daily Mail is run by conservatives, right ? Conservatives have no sense of humor, right ? I'm betting Shatner was trolling Trmp, and TDM fell for it, hard.

C'mon ... read Shatner's Xit ... "corrupt nerds on a power trip" ??

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5. It's not like he posted it on April Fool's Day, so I'm taking Shatner at his word.

[EdmondDantes_]

2. He can declare, and scientists can ignore him

[Captain Zero]

3. If somebody pays him, he will. Haha.

We should start a GoFundMe and designate it for him if he names Pluto a Planet again.

Otherwise, we should designate the money for childhood vaccinations for those children with no healthcare plans who want the vaccinations, if he doesn't name Pluto a Planet again.

Watch that mfer do it, and claim the 💰.
LOL.

[jls4561]

4. He won't do it unless there's money and a shiny faux trophy for him.

[0rganism]

6. So... we're doing "Rick and Morty" S1E9 now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Ricked_This_Way_Comes




Makes sense, now that a number of key scientific posts are occupied by "Jerry"s

[C_U_L8R]

7. There should be a Uranus joke here somewhere

But Diaperboy just ain't funny.

[tavernier]

8. I think they should rename it Trump!

He wants his name on everything and this would be absolutely appropriate. It could be called Planet Donald J Trump, also known as Uranus.

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9. Shatner/Uranus...Yeah, there's definitely a joke in there somewhere...

[Initech]

10. It's now called Urectum!

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