--- title: "Highlights From Twitter’s Defense Community’s Response To Trump’s Space Force" description: "The creation of a new branch of the U.S. military is going to be one hell of a saga, but there will be a lot of laughs along the way." date: "2018-06-18" modified: "2018-06-18" authors: - name: "Tyler Rogoway" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md" url: "https://www.twz.com/21612/highlights-from-the-twitter-defense-communitys-response-to-trumps-space-force" categories: - "Americas" - "Around The Globe" - "News & Features" - "POTUS" - "Space" - "U.S. Homeland" - "U.S. Space Force" - "War In Space" tags: - "Defense Community" - "Humor" - "Social Media" - "space force" - "trump" - "twitter" --- # Highlights From Twitter’s Defense Community’s Response To Trump’s Space Force ![]() *www.twz.com* President Trump has been hinting at his intention to direct the Pentagon to create a space force for a while now. Today he did just that, making the establishment of a Space Force a major policy of his administration. You can read all about this supposed Space Force and the questions surrounding it in [our major feature]() on the news. But aside from all the force structure issues, budgetary minutia, and inter-service infighting that goes along with a very controversial move like this, the hyperactive [defense-related Twitter community]() had some seriously funny gems that I thought would be worth sharing. David Larter wins the MVP award for an awesome string of tweets about who Trump will be tapping for to head-up Space Force: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008779205545549825 https://twitter.com/_/status/1008804363404537862 https://twitter.com/_/status/1008796704735481862 https://twitter.com/_/status/1008792655936065538 https://twitter.com/_/status/1008789109878542336 This little gem comes to us from Royal Air Force photographer @Rawlimark: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008824139354959878 @Blondsovrbaghd celebrated the announcement with a space-mosa: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008836387599208448 Patrick Norton found the *perfect* song for Space Force: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008817946351800320 @Sgtjanedoe was asking the hard questions: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008772109932249092 @Duffleblog rightfully invoked Starship Troopers: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008793875157307393 @Aaron\_porvost pondered unleashing Mattis on the Galaxy: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008823995750338560 Prolific tweeter Kelsey Atherton remarked on Trump's use of 'separate but equal' language during his announcement: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008772004483235840 One of my contacts was all about the reality of Space Force recruiters: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008860016923770880 Valerie Insinna said it best for all of us who have been following the Space Force saga: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008791452581810177 Tara Copp foresaw the front row attendees at the next SOTU: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008777439315681282 And this one is just a classic: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008839289533169665 But out of all the tomfoolery, I think Joseph Dempsey's tweet is my favorite of all: https://twitter.com/_/status/1008759607911698433 Sometimes you just gotta laugh. I am sure we missed some great ones, let us know or post your own in the comments below! *Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com* ## Author Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day. ### Author social links [Twitter]()