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Donald Trump: “In my first term, I created Space Force. First time in 79…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner

Published | Video Starts at 19:13

You know, we were responsible for Space Force. We needed Space Force. We were being killed in space by China, by Russia. In my first term, I created Space Force. First time in 79 years that we did a new division, a new grouping. because you had the Marines, the Army, Navy, the Marines. We had the Coast Guard. We have all of the different branches of government. The Air Force. (19:13–19:22)

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Asserts that Space Force was created in Trump's first term, the first new military division in 79 years.

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