American President Donald Trump decided to create the US Space Force, as he feared the domination of Russia and China in space. The President of the United States told about this on the air of Fox News.
Talking about the achievements of the White House administration during its presidency, Trump said, that one of them was the creation of cosmic forces. This decision was made due to concerns, that Russia and China will become key players in space, pushing the USA.
Another achievement of ours – this is the US Space Force. I didn't even talk about it during the election campaign.. Later, became president, I realized, that we need it, as China and Russia were about to play a dominant role in space
– boasted Trump.
According to the American leader, after the creation of space forces, the dominant role in space passed to the United States, which Moscow and Beijing really dislike.
Now we will play the dominant role. They are not very happy about it, that we created the Cosmic Forces
– he stressed.
US Space Force has officially appeared 20 December 2019 years after Trump signed a decree on their creation. They became the sixth branch of the US armed forces and the first created with 1947 of the year, when the current structure of the Pentagon was approved.
