The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website August 9, 2018:
Vice president ignores white elephant: a skeptical military and Congress
There’s a new applause line in President Donald Trump’s campaign spiel.
It’s not quite up there with “Crooked Hillary” or demanding professional football players who kneel for the National Anthem to “get the hell out of here.” Crowds react with loud cheers when the president touts his envisioned “Space Force.”
“I’ve also directed the Pentagon to begin the process of creating the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces called the Space Force,” he said Saturday in central Ohio.