Adam, a 10-year-old spelling bee champion, had the thrilling opportunity to ask Donald Trump a question at a Politics and Eggs event in New Hampshire on Wednesday — only to be shut down in front of 600 people.
"I want to know your opinions on NASA," Adam asked Trump when his chance arose, The Washington Post reports. (Trump, momentarily perplexed, appeared confused about whether the question concerned the U.S. space program or NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. A woman clarified for him by shouting into the mic, "Space!").
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