World · 7 September 2026

Trump says America owns the Moon now

Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (Wikimedia, CC-BY-SA-2.0) | Image by BreakingDots on Freepik

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday, 6 September 2026, that the moon belongs to America, sharing an image with a US flag. Trump's claim goes against the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, signed by the US and over 100 other countries, which states no nation can claim celestial bodies.

By BriefTea Editorial · 7 September 2026 at 17:06

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