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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Just What We Needed -- Another Arms Race

And you don't think that will be the end result of this idea?

President Trump’s surprise decision to order the creation of a U.S. “Space Force” came because he was frustrated with Pentagon officials for not taking up his initial suggestion, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Trump directed the Defense Department on Monday to create the country’s sixth military service branch, a move that shocked Pentagon officials and lawmakers.

People familiar with the decision told the Journal that Trump often throws out ideas in public but then expects his aides and Cabinet officials to create follow-through plans.

Trump gets frustrated and make demands when he feels like his appointees haven’t jumped into action, the newspaper reported.

“He doesn’t forget, and ultimately erupts when he feels slighted,” a former high-level industry and government official said.

And he very easily feels slighted.

So we're going to wind up spending a lot of money and throwing the Pentagon into further chaos because Fearless Leader wants to play space cowboy. And of course, the Russians and Chinese and Europeans will have to follow suit, because, thanks to The Donald, they're all unfriendly powers now and our developing a space force is a threat to their national security. And we have to have a space force because you can't bully someone without something to back it up.

Via Digby.

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