President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign celebrated the administration’s announcement Thursday that it intended to launch a new “Space Force” military branch by asking supporters to vote on a potential logo for campaign-associated merchandise.
“President Trump wants a SPACE FORCE — a groundbreaking endeavor for the future of America and the final frontier,” campaign manager Brad Parscale wrote Thursday in an email.
“As a way to celebrate President Trump’s huge announcement, our campaign will be selling a new line of gear,” Parscale continued. “But first we have to make a final decision on the design we will use to commemorate President Trump’s new Space Force — and he wants YOU to have a say.”
The six designs feature different color schemes, as well as a range of compositions that either emphasize an image of a rocket or the “Space Force” name.
Vice President Mike Pence declared Thursday during a speech at the Pentagon that the Trump administration was determined to create a new sixth branch of the U.S. military by 2020, which would be tasked with defending U.S. satellites and counter adversaries in space.
A congressionally mandated Pentagon report released Thursday will outline the first steps toward establishing the new combatant space command, including plans for it to eventually be incorporated into a new Department of the Space Force, Pence added.
[Also read: Brian Schatz: Pence announced Space Force because no Republican was willing to tell Trump it’s ‘a dumb idea’]
