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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced backlash Tuesday after not only mocking the Space Force during a press briefing, but appearing to have no understanding of the sixth branch of the armed forces whatsoever.
Responding to a reporter’s (serious) question about whether President Biden “has made a decision on keeping, or keeping the scope of, Space Force,” Psaki responded sarcastically, “Wow. Space Force. It’s the plane of today!”
“It’s not. It’s an entire branch,” the reporter responded.
Needless to say, Psaki didn’t have an answer to that “interesting question” but said that she’d check with their Space Force contact, which she admitted she had no idea who that even is.
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Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper attends the National Defense Authorization Act signing by President Donald J. Trump at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Dec. 20, 2019.
“Everybody’s watching we can’t build a heavy
bureaucratic structure even if we wanted to.”
– Lt. Gen. David Thompson, Vice Commander of the Space Force
“You can’t do that. If you let your friends
blow up the Earth, I’ll never speak to you again.”
– Space Invaders, 1990
Asking the media to think about the president’s decisions on their own merits to separate them from the man himself is like asking people to laugh at Bill Cosby’s comedy, listen to R. Kelly’s music, or watch Woody Allen’s films. It’s too difficult for people to grapple with that kind of objectivity when what they see is a president ignoring domestic problems, like the opioid crisis and health care or infrastructure and education, in favor of stargazing and vanity projects intended to help gain politica