The following article by Oliver Willis was posted on the ShareBlue.com website August 10, 2018:
The Trump administration is pushing its ‘space force’ idea while the Trump campaign is pushing ‘space force’ swag. It sure looks like making money was the entire point all along.
Evidence is mounting that the White House rollout of a so-called “space force” is simply a way for Trump’s re-election campaign to rake in more cash.
The Pentagon has shown little to no intention of indulging Trump’s fantasies of a new, space-oriented branch of the U.S. military on par with the other five branches of the armed services.
But within one hour of Mike Pence’s speech at the Pentagon Thursday about the supposed “space force,” the Trump campaign sent an email urging supporters to pick a logo for campaign gear.