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Space Force logo looks a lot like one for Star Trek’s Starfleet Command

By Philip Klein
Published January 24, 2020 9:54pm ET
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Space Force logo looks a lot like one for Star Trek’s Starfleet Command
A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah. | (Bernard Schoenburg/The State Journal-Register via AP)

President Trump on Friday revealed the logo for the U.S. Space Force, but, as Twitter users quickly pointed out, the logo showed a close resemblance to the logo of Star Trek’s Starfleet Command.

“After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military,” Trump tweeted.

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