Hold the countdown: Trump can't create a Space Force without Congress, Bill Nelson says

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., pumped the brakes on President Trump’s plan to create a separate Space Force military branch on Monday, saying he has to go to Congress first.

“The president told a U.S. general to create a new Space Force as 6th branch of military today, which generals tell me they don’t want,” tweeted Nelson, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “Thankfully, the president can’t do it without Congress because now is NOT the time to rip the Air Force apart. Too many important missions at stake,” Nelson tweeted.