Yeah... not irrelevant.
Spend 15 minutes and watch the video from last night and tell me objectively where he is wrong. You can't and just resort to hyperbole and name calling rather than a substantive discussion. That is how cults work. That is how Trump operates too. Name calling and fear mongering.
We have a manned space station in Earth orbit right now. I could see a similar thing eventually being established on the Moon (not Mars, just too difficult). But there is a huge difference between a handful of scientists doing stints on a research station and full-blown colonization (permanent residents, economic development, and all).