Trump Proposes Creation of Space National Guard

DETROIT—Former President Donald Trump promised on Aug. 26 to create a Space National Guard if elected in November.

“The time has come to create a space National Guard as the primary combat reserve of the U.S. Space Force,” Trump said, eliciting widespread applause from some 1,000 National Guard officers gathered for a convention of the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUSA).

The U.S. Space Force was created in December 2019 with a mission to secure the nation’s interests in, from, and to space.

Authorized by an act of Congress and signed by President Trump, the Space Force consolidated into a single entity space operations that had been ongoing under the Air force and other entities.

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