President Trump has floated the idea of a “Space Force” before. Remember what he said at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar back in March?

“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, develop another one: Space Force.” Trump said.

“We have the Air Force; we’ll have the Space Force. We have the Army, the Navy,” he continued. “You know, I was saying it the other day, because we’re doing a tremendous amount of work in space, I said maybe we need a new force, we’ll 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.’” more at https://www.chicksonright.com/2018/06/18/president-trump-is-making-space-force-a-reality/