NEW: Buzz Aldrin Endorses Trump.

Famed Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Wednesday endorsed Donald Trump for president, citing Trump’s prioritization of space exploration while he was in office.

“Over time, I have seen our government’s approach to space wax and wane,” Aldrin wrote in a statement. “But under the first Trump Administration, I was impressed to see how human space exploration was elevated as a policy of high importance again.”

I eagerly await the DNC-MSM cris de coeur on the origins of the American space program, and a new civility watch when it comes to Republican violence: