October Sky

Trump recently tweeted:

"We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!"

This reminded me of the father from October Sky, when talking to his son Homer about the US space race:

Father - "Well, tell me something, Homer. Uh, what exactly is this Wernher von Braun...and the rest of those Germans accomplishin' anyway? 'Cause if you ask me, it's nothin' but a stunt ... When the novelty wears off, they're all gonna be sent packin'. Maybe then they'll have to find themselves a real job."

Homer - "Like minin' coal?"

Father - "You listen here. The coal we mine makes steel, Homer. And if steel fails, this country fails. If you had half a damn brain in your head, you'd know that."

It seems Trump doesn't realise that the greatest achievements of the last 60 years were by people looking FORWARD from the 1950s, not backward.