Outgoing President Donald Trump ignored unfolding crises in the United States on Saturday morning to crow about the name chosen for his farcical Space Force, only to be met with mockery.
Trump is still bungling his response to the coronavirus pandemic and over 300,000 Americans have died from it as he slashes vaccine deployment. He has also ignored the massive Russian cyberattack against our government that threatens national security.
Instead of dealing with those crises, Trump ignored them in favor of the unveiling of the name members of the Space Force will be known as on the one-year anniversary of the military branch.
Today, after a yearlong process that produced hundreds of submissions and research involving space professionals and members of the general public, we can finally share with you the name by which we will be known: Guardians. pic.twitter.com/Tmlff4LKW6
— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) December 18, 2020
The name Guardians connects our proud heritage and culture to the important mission we execute 24/7, protecting the people and interest of the U.S. and its allies.
— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) December 18, 2020
Less than 40 years is not a “long history”. The Space Program goes back decades before that and certainly has a much prouder history. After all, Trump’s Space Force is about militarizing space, which violates the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. His obsession with making the Space Force a thing only makes us less safe because a space arms race is more likely to ensue.
America’s Space Program through NASA, on the other hand, has been about peaceful exploration and scientific advancement.
Trump bragged about his Space Force as if it’s a great achievement.
One of the Trump Administration’s great achievements into the future will be the authorization and start up of the SPACE FORCE. 75 years since Air Force. Congratulations to all! https://t.co/iG011Jt50r
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2020
Of course, it is not a great achievement at all. The United States Space Command had been part of the Air Force and did not need to be a separate branch of the military. It’s a waste of money and time to make it so. It’s also an insult to Star Trek fans because Trump basically copied the Starfleet emblem for his Space Force and now he’s lifting from the Guardians of the Galaxy to give them a name. The whole thing is pathetic and should be scrapped when President-Elect Joe Biden takes office. It’s such a joke that Steve Carell turned it into a comedy series.
Americans mocked Trump and his Space Farce on Twitter:
other great achievements:
– 313,000 covid deaths
– 18 million covid infections
– 22 million unemployed
– 81 million Biden voters
– 316 days of presidential golf
– 1 deteriorating buffoon who refuses to accept that he just got fired for gross incompetence— Helen Keller’s regen🥸 (@stilldeafblind) December 19, 2020
Don’t you have something more important to worry about? Like Ivanka’s pardon? Or Juniors intervention? Or Eric’s spelling test? OR RUSSIAN HACKERS?
— Pickle’s Mama 🇺🇸 (@Mrs_Wegs) December 19, 2020
Good Lord, NO! It will forever be mocked!!
— John Phillips (@limeyjohn63) December 19, 2020
How about a cyber force?
— cassidygirl❄️🌊😡🤬 (@cassidygirl41) December 19, 2020
Sure buddy pic.twitter.com/gRXU2pVwD8
— BlueDream 2020 (@58bugeye) December 19, 2020
Biden will eliminate this waste of resources and fold it back into the Air Force, where it belongs. It will only be remembered in trivia contests, and “Guardians of the Galaxy” jokes
— Kevin Monsour 🇺🇲 (@ThatLawGuyKev) December 19, 2020
“A name chosen by professionals for professionals”
I saw this image on someone’s feed and thought it was parody…
What a joke.— ♠️ Jacob ♠️ (@DragonKing____) December 19, 2020
The Space Force isn’t a Trump achievement, it’s a Trump embarrassment. And history will look back and laugh at it long into the future.
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