Trump ‘Space Force’ Announcement Inspires Memes, Outrage: First Job is ‘Tearing Alien Babies From Their Mothers’

On Monday, President Donald Trump announced a sixth branch of the military called… the “Space Force.”

“We are going to have a Space Force,” he said. “An Air Force and a Space Force. Separate, but equal — it is going to be something.”

With so many other problems in the country, Twitter was quick to meme, criticize, and simply fume at Trump for focusing on something as nonsensical and ostentatious as a “Space Force”:

Space Force is off to an impressive start pic.twitter.com/BpNnzJ5Dh1

— Mark Ellis (@markellislive) June 18, 2018

i can only assume Space Force’s primary objective will be tearing alien babies from their mothers.

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) June 18, 2018

Tfw I join the Space Force pic.twitter.com/txF9yoCeFC

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 18, 2018

Trump says he’s directing the government to create a “Space Force” as a sixth branch of the Armed Forces.”

“We have the Air Force and we’re going to have the Space Force. Separate but equal.”

(Yes, he said “separate but equal.”)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 18, 2018

TIRED: We’re too broke to keep doing joint military exercises with South Korea.

WIRED: Let’s create a “SPACE FORCE!” so we can conquer Mars pic.twitter.com/wfPfbeioh1

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 18, 2018

BREAKING- Scott Baio has been chosen to head the Space Force although he has not been around stars in 30 years.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 18, 2018

you all laugh now but i’m already working on dodging the space force draft

— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) June 18, 2018

I never want to hear someone say “Yes, I’d be great if we could give everyone health care, but HOW are we gonna pay for it?” now that President Starship Troopers just made “Space Force” a thing https://t.co/zecOMv3CuW

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 18, 2018

According to NASA, The Milky Way is “so big that even at the speed of light, it would take 100,000 years to travel across it.” But Trump’s Space Force is going to patrol the universe at a time when we struggle to get food and electricity to Puerto Rico and clean water to Flint.

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 18, 2018

Trump says joint military exercises with South Korea are too expensive and then also says we need to create a Space Force. K.

— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) June 18, 2018

Trump's Space Force dream team pic.twitter.com/OZCUrnuio9

— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) June 18, 2018

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