Trump Announces Space Force

It is not enough to merely have an american presence in space we must have american dominance in space president donald trump said at a meeting of the national space council on monday.

Trump announces space force. Led by air force gen. President to create space force and space traffic management system 5 59 vowing to reclaim u s. In signing the 2020 national defense authorization act that includes the force trump claimed a.

On monday morning president donald trump who is currently being hospitalized at walter reed medical center for covid 19 sent a series of all caps tweets urging americans to vote for him because. When president trump signed a 738 billion defense spending bill on friday he officially created the space force. Its establishment fulfilled a top priority for trump since he first floated the idea in 2018 and turned.

The act signed by trump also creates a new senior military post to oversee the space force a chief of space operations who will also eventually sit on the joint chiefs of staff joining their. It s the sixth branch of the u s. President trump announced on monday morning that he would direct the department of defense and pentagon to create a space force which would constitute a sixth branch of the armed forces.

Space force was established in december with the signing of the annual defense policy bill. Donald trump has launched space force the first new us military service in more than 70 years. John raymond the announcement of space command marks the first time the military has stood up such an endeavor since it created u s.

President donald trump announced monday that he is directing the pentagon to create the space force as an independent service branch.