President Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of a "space force."
President Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of a new branch of U.S. armed forces - the "space force."
"My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea. We may even have a space force," Trump said during his address to the military members in San Diego.
"I was saying it the other day because we're doing a tremendous amount of work in space," Trump continued. "I said maybe we need a new force. We will call it the space force, and I was not really serious and then I said, 'what a great idea.' Maybe we'll have to do that. That could happen."
While it's unclear how serious Trump is about the idea, social media users have already shared their thoughts.
"So are we going to have space cadets attending the trump college," wrote one Twitter user.
"Will there be astronauts marching in the parade?" said another tweeter.
"I have a great idea! Let's call it NASA and then NOT cut any funding to it," someone else tweeted.
