Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he will create a Space National Guard if he retakes the White House — with the reserve force designated to support the uniformed service created by Trump in 2019, Report informs via New York Post.
“One of my proudest achievements in my first term was to create Space Force, the first new branch of the armed forces in over 70 years. It’s a big deal,” the Republican presidential nominee said in a speech to members of the National Guard Association in Detroit.
“Now that Space Force is up and running, I agree with your leadership — you want this very badly — but I agree that the time has come to create a Space National Guard as the primary combat reserve of the US Space Force,” said Trump.
Trump added that Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had recently told him of the idea: “I love it.”
“So we’re going to do that. Space Force has been very important — very, very important,” the 45th president said.
“When I did that, the other people came in, they wanted to end it, and they were just hammered.”