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Space Force is official, and still sounds like the least important thing the government should be spending money on, according to the avalanche of stars from Hollywood and beyond bashing the program on Twitter Thursday.
"Space Force: A deliberately stupid and provocative idea designed to make you forget about the Mueller investigation," Ricky Gervais tweeted after Vice President Mike Pence announced at a press conference he'd be taking the program under his wing.
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Pence set a deadline of 2020 for the Space Force to blast off as the newest branch of the United States military.
"To be clear, the Space Force will not be built from scratch, because the men and women who run and protect our nation's space programs today are already the best in the world," the VP added, assuring that the deadline was not too hasty.
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"This Is Us" producer Ken Olin tweeted, "The least prepared, least disciplined, least intellectually qualified, least morally suited, least mentally stable person to ever be President wants to spend $8 billion on a new branch of the military, Space Force. And we can't laugh."
Enjoy more reactions below.
If “Space Force” were a TV show, the writers would keep pitching on a better title.
@SethMacFarlane
WHAT THE FUCK IS A SPACE FORCE JUST GIVE PEOPLE HEALTH CARE https://t.co/1O2qY8MQu2
@ikebarinholtz
I would like to suggest the first person we send into space as part of the Space Force is Laura Ingraham. We can tell her it'll be like a summer camp. https://t.co/7n423FFwLN
@chelseahandler
As the star of Muppets From Space, I'll be expecting an offer to join the Space Force very soon...I assume they're going to ask me to lead the whole program. pic.twitter.com/7Smt9lKouK
@kathygriffin
Space Force: A deliberately stupid and provocative idea designed to make you forget about the Mueller investigation.
@rickygervais
It boggles the mind.
@kenolin1
The least prepared, least disciplined, least intellectually qualified, least morally suited, least mentally stable person to ever be President wants to spend $8 billion on a new branch of the military, Space Force. And we can't laugh. https://t.co/eLDysqzsup
Fifty years from now I hope there's a zoo somewhere and all the Trumps are in a cage with all the Pences and people walk by and point at them and laugh and say “they're the ones who tried to make a Space Force instead of making America a better place!”
@kenolin1
It will never fail to amaze me that America is willing to pay for an imaginary Space Force in an imaginary Space War but thinks free healthcare for all is absolute madness.
@EmmaKennedy
no idea why, but every time I read/hear #SpaceForce ... I think of Alf.
@MonicaLewinsky
I don't know about Space Force but I know about Space Jam. pic.twitter.com/x9Au7F63U2
@MarenMorris
Maybe, just maybe, we should make sure our people are not dying because they lack health insurance before we start spending billions to militarize outer space. #SpaceForce
@SenSanders
When I hear the term "Space Force" I think of boys playing in a sandbox with their G.I. Joe's and model rocket ships, not a sober or coherent evaluation of the risks of military escalation in or on the final frontier.
@DanRather
