On June 14, 2025, the U.S. Army marked its 250th anniversary with a grand parade in Washington, D.C., featuring around 6,600 troops, historic equipment, and flyovers, a patriotic display of American military tradition, with a reported cost between $25 and $45 million. Unfortunately, the celebration was marred by “No Kings” protests erupting in over 2,100 cities nationwide. While mainstream media reported millions in attendance—figures many believe were inflated—the protesters openly opposed this patriotic display and valued illegal immigrants over our military.
Despite the significance of the Army’s 250th anniversary, the event drew political backlash. While some questioned whether President Trump should lead a military parade because he never served, they ignore the fact that Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden also never served. Unlike them, Trump graduated from the New York Military Academy, giving him a level of military understanding the others lacked. These criticisms never come from soldiers—they come from liberals and Democrats, most of whom have never served. In reality, the military loves Trump.
Unlike nearly all of his predecessors, President Trump has secured an indelible place in U.S. military history. When he signed the National Defense Authorization Act in December 2019, he accomplished something no other president had: the creation of the United States Space Force as the sixth independent branch of the Armed Forces. This move was crucial, as it recognized that space will play an increasingly important role in future warfare.
As of now, the United States is the only country in the world with a dedicated space force operating as a distinct military branch. To maintain global supremacy, America must continue to dominate the ultimate high ground, space.
While establishment media and late-night comedians mocked the announcement, some even ridiculing the Space Force logo for resembling Star Trek’s Starfleet insignia, the reality is that the Space Force addresses serious and growing threats in outer space. These include satellite warfare, space-based reconnaissance, and the aggressive militarization of orbit by communist China and Putin’s Russia. Trump understood what the political establishment failed to grasp: space is the next battlefield, and America must lead. At the risk of sounding corny, Trump recognized that “space—the final frontier”, is no longer science fiction, but a national security imperative.
This historic achievement distinguishes Trump even from revered figures like George Washington. While Washington organized the Continental Army, Navy, and Marines during the Revolutionary War, these branches were created under the authority of the Continental Congress in 1775, well before the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the establishment of the presidency in 1789. Washington was not yet President when the original military branches were formed, making Trump’s accomplishment truly unprecedented.
Liberal historians often compare Trump to President Harry S. Truman, who signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the U.S. Air Force as a separate branch. However, Truman’s action was essentially a bureaucratic reorganization—the Army Air Corps already existed and had proven itself in World War II. Truman simply formalized its independence from the Army without creating a new warfighting domain.
Some academics have attempted to diminish Trump’s achievement by claiming he merely reorganized existing military functions. But this criticism overlooks the central fact: Trump consolidated space operations from the Air Force, Army, and Navy into a fully independent branch dedicated to an entirely new domain of warfare. While the Air Force Space Command—founded in 1982—provided the groundwork, Trump transformed it from a fragmented support role into a unified, permanent service. Comparisons to Truman’s 1947 reorganization of the Air Force miss the mark. Truman formalized an existing capability, while Trump created a branch to address the strategic importance of space in modern conflict.
Space presents unique logistical and technological challenges unlike those in traditional land, air, or sea warfare. Though it began with roughly 16,000 personnel from Air Force space units, the Space Force quickly established its own identity, structure, and command—complete with unique uniforms, ranks, a service song, and a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Under Trump’s leadership, it also absorbed Army and Navy space assets, unifying satellite communications under one command for the first time in U.S. history.
From GPS and missile warning systems to secure global communications, space now underpins nearly every military operation. The branch’s motto, Semper Supra (“Always Above”), reflects its mission to defend America’s dominance in this vital frontier.
President Trump’s establishment of the Space Force stands as one of the most consequential defense decisions of the 21st century. It secures his legacy as a commander-in-chief who prepared America not just for today’s battles, but for tomorrow’s. And if nothing else, it certainly qualifies him to preside over the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday parade. In fact, he should go ahead and hold parades for the Navy on October 13 and the Marine Corps on November 10, while liberals stage their next round of protests titled “No Kings II” or “No More Kings: The Final Chapter.”
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