Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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President Donald Trump unveiled the logo for the newly created Space Force. Immediately a very loud group of individuals chastised him for copying the logo of Starfleet Command from Star Trek, or chastised the design in general because of its lack of ingenuity. In this video I set the record straight on why the detractors are wrong.

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NASAs explanation of their logo: nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/symbols-of-nasa.html

StarTrek.com explanation of the Starfleet logo: startrek.com/article/starfleet-insignia-explained

President Trump's original Facebook post: facebook.com/DonaldTrump/photos/a.10156483516640725/10163903380995725/?type=3&theater

US Army Institute of Heraldry: https://tioh.army.mil/default.aspx

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