Trump orders creation of ‘Space Force’ as sixth military branch

President Donald Trump on Monday directed the Pentagon to begin the process of establishing a sixth military branch, the “Space Force.” Trump, speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, ordered the establishment of the Space Force. “I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces,” Trump said. “Our destiny beyond the Earth is not only a matter of national identity, but a matter of national security.” “We are going to have a space force,” Trump said. “An Air Force and a Space Force. Separate, but equal.”