You're reading that right... Our one and only (sigh) POTUS, Donald Trump, announced the creation of a sixth branch of the military... the Space Force.
At a time when Flint, MI still doesn't have clean water, Puerto Rico is still fucked beyond belief, and there is growing outrage about our short-sighted and sad immigration policy, DT announces the next best thing in defense spending: the Space Force.
"It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space... We must have American dominance in space. So important". Important to who? What are you even fucking talking about?
Sure feels like avoidance of something important... Or several important things... Or anything important, ever.
Doesn't matter, we're gonna be the first with a working replica of the Star Destroyer. Mission Impossible: Bring Democracy to Space!
This is a fucking audacious waste of time, money, and energy. I'm sure it won't get through Congress, there is low demand for it and generals would rather focus on the Air Force instead of fragmenting it with a new division. Trump blindsided officials with this huge decision, and I can't help but feel like they're not overjoyed with him right now.
Additionally, with the cuts that have been made to NASA, how does this administration expect to pull this kind of expansion off? Smh.
Can we make big decisions about problems we actually have, please?