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

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 prepared remarks, Trump, a longtime backer of U.S.-led space exploration and exploitation, singled out Mars and left the moon hanging.

Images of the Billionaires’ Row circled the globe, inspiring the same fascination that greeted pictures of five current and former presidents assembled at Jimmy Carter’s funeral, earlier in the month.

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,

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

Donald Trump's bizarre inauguration day was packed with gaffes, executive orders and a number of unexpected celebrity appearances - here are some of the moments you may have missed

The world saw Donald Trump take the oath of office for his second non-consecutive term as President of the United States on Monday. The ceremony, held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, drew an eclectic crowd of tech moguls, foreign diplomats, and business leaders.

Donald Trump has completed his remarkable return to the presidency and is preparing to issue a flurry of legally binding executive orders aimed at transforming the country

Mr Musk is in charge of Mr Trump's newly created Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE). Elon Musk's starring role in the new Donald Trump administration was confirmed as he appeared front and centre of his inauguration proceedings - and witnessed him pledge a mission to Mars.

According to body language expert Darren Stanton, Barron Trump's gesture was a subtle sign of someone who felt in a position of power or influence