Republicans Co-opt SpaceX Starship Launch to Stoke Technonationalist Pride
Populist 'people vs elites' messaging & strongman style
Right-wing accounts flood timelines with triumphant language linking SpaceX’s orbital test to American greatness and, by extension, Trump-era policies. The real scientific milestone is repurposed as a nationalist branding exercise for their political movement.
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Congratulations Elon and everyone at SpaceX!
That aint a rocket that is a skyscraper with engines The most powerful machine ever built and it went to orbit like it was just another Tuesday Folks said it couldnt be done and SpaceX went ahead and did it anyway That is American grit right there