Trump Unveils New Space Force Logo, Inciting 'Star Trek' Fan Outrage
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npr.orgPosted Jan 25, 2020, 2:15 AM UTC
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npr.orgPlease, please, please DJT piss off as many people as you can before Nov.
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Retired USAF, lifetime Trek fan, not a POTUS fan.
Fact 1: This delta was also on the Air Force Space and Missile Badge.
Fact 2: This delta is on the Air Force Space Operations Badge.
Fact 3: Both predate the current administration.
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Don't forget Air Force Space Command, whose logo was very, very similar.
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But did the orbiting sperm predate Trump?
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If this is a time travel episode, anything is possible.
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No all his illegitimate children know that symbol
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"For those excitedly tweeting that Trump stole the Star Trek logo!!!!, the patch on the left was the existing Air Force Command logo. The same one I wore as a Lieutenant in 2005," John Noonan, a national security analyst, tweeted.
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You might appreciate this:
https://petapixel.com/2019/06/15/nasa-finds-star-trek-starfleet-logo-on-mars/
Mars got there first
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And this badge, in fact, acknowledges that the whole "Space Force" business is smoke and mirrors. Notice the bottom arc of text, "Department of the Air Force"? In other words, they simply renamed the USAF Space Command.
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Pretty much. The NDAA set up a service in name, but doesn't seem to have created any manpower billets.
Having it under the Department of the Air Force isn't a bad thing in itself. The Marines have been doing just fine under the Department of the Navy, after all. There's really not enough space business to have a Department of the Space Force.
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Do you suppose it's a prank by the graphic designer? How out of it do you have to be, to not recognize the design as Trek?? LOL
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He doesn't care he steals other people's shit all the time. Hell claim he invented the symbol, then he'll claim he invented star treck.
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Remember when he stole another family's coat of arms to be the logo for his golf courses? Where his now says "Trump," the original said "Integritas.". I shit you not.
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It's basically the USAF Space Command logo that they've been using for about 30 years now.
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Umm, no.
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No to what? Are you saying that they aren't very similar, that it's not the AF Space Command shield at all, or that they haven't been using it for decades?
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I’m familiar with Space Command. I’ve been working with the Air Force for more than 20 years. Here’s a snapshot comparison of the three logosHere’s a snapshot comparison of the three logos. The only thing they all have in common is the arrow. Virtually everything else about the Space Farce logo is a poor ripoff of Star Trek logo.
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There's only a handful of creative talent in the entire country that's willing to work for the Trump Administration that could still rub two brain cells together.^*
^* see the production values of the Republican National Convention, and the following 3 years. These are folks that have a hard time making the Presidential Seal larger because they're using a gif file.
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People don’t recognize this often enough.
Opening week for the Trump administration looked like the last week of W’s administration- all the talent had left and anyone willing to be part of it were short-sighted idiots thinking that this was a “step up” from dismal, dead end situations.
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That’s like an exact copy. I swear I feel like the President is just trolling us at this point.
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He'll fix that for you.
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The White Hose paid Donald’s 13 yo son, Barron Trump, $250k to design the logo.
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Every day I pray the United Federation of Planets will send someone back in time to fix things. I think you know what I mean.
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They did that in South Park with Baby Fark McGee Sax. It didn't turn out too well when we stole the space cash. And that's exactly what Trump would do too. The aliens are definitely laughing at us.
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Number one, fuck Trump.
Number two, it’s basically the same logo that the Air Force Space Command has been using for ages.
Edit: Number three, “Space Force” means literally nothing and is a dumbass idea being thrown around to make terrified imbeciles feel tough.
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I read this in Picards voice as soon as you said Number One...
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Happily, sir...(unzips)
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Space force ghost to ghost!!!!
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“I don’t need ‘large brains’ to have a good time.”
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Bro.. Donny don't Fuck with Trekkies..
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I wonder if it is possible for CBS to file a trademark suit?
But really, pretty tasteless considering how progressive Star Trek has always been. No one in that vision of the future was arguing about how deserved healthcare or housing or food, that was universal simply because it was the right thing to do. Trump and the rest of the GOP would be viewed as backwards, primitive, and savage by Trek standards.
'Spaceballs the Military Branch' would have been more appropriate.
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Well we’ve got President Neelix. So why not?
Weird yellow hair? Orange alien skin? Obnoxious? Tends to date much younger women? Terrible at literally everything?
That describes both Trump and Neelix.
When do we get President Garak? President Murder Lizard from Space would be a vast improvement.
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At this point I'd be happy with President Beeblebrox.
edit: Actually I'd be thrilled; at least he isn't a traitor.
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Voyager would have been better with 100% less Neelix.
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While the chevron is an existing logo, it being superimposed on an eerily similar symbol of the Federation flag is not.
It is completely unsurprising that this administration is wholly uncreative and designated this ripoff as the Space Farce logo. CBS lawyers will sue fans for fanfiction copyright infringement at the drop of a hat. Let’s see if they put there money where their mouths have been.
It hurts my heart to see the orange clown strike yet again.
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angry Star Trek fan noises
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Everything he does is a reaction to tv he watched.
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game on!
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They could have avoided the backlash if they had just announced it was in homage to Gene Roddenberry...instead they want all the credit...
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all I can say is....LOL!
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Sheldon Cooper is going nuts right now.
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We've gone warp stupid.
They've gone to plaid.
Senate Republicans impeachment rebuttal: "We ain't found shit".
Gold worthy comment
Captain, they are doing the best they can.
"To boldly go into extinction."
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Trump's mission is to go where no one has gone before... "Beyond Stupid"
The word 'Trump' will become the very definition of "Beyond Stupid".
Can we make this a thing? When someone does something so incredibly stupid we say they trumped it? Please?
Like.. "Stop trumping out?" or "you are being a trump"
I think it works better as a verb over a noun