On Saturday, Jan. 25, the U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted the official picture of the U.S. Space Force logo. After only a couple of minutes, the tweet became a national issue when a lot of Star Trek fans claimed that the logo looks exactly like the famous insignia from the iconic sci-fi franchise.
Does the United States Space Force Logo Look Exactly Like the Star Trek logo?
This is what Trump tweeted on Friday morning, Jan. 24, about the official logo of the newly-established U.S. Space Force.
"After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military!" tweeted Pres. Trump.
The post has now gone viral with more than 32,000 retweets and over 100,000 likes from the account. Most users from the Twitterverse said that the logo looks accurately and might have been ripped from the original logo of Starfleet Command Logo from Star Trek.
Aside from the same logo, both organization-- though one's fictional-- have the same function. Starfleet Command is responsible for the "exploratory, scientific, and military department of United Earth before being integrated into the United Federation of Planets in 2161."
For the U.S, Space Force, it was recently created under President Trump when he signed for National Defense Authorization Act back in Dec. This team was created as a branch of the military under the Department of the Air Force.
Startrek actors react to the U.S. space force logo
If Star Trek fans got disappointed with the new U.S. Space Force logo, what more if you're an actor that was once part of the series?
Star Trek's Hikaru Sulu actor George Takei and one of the most known Trump critic retweeted the tweet by saying that "Ahem. We are expecting some royalties from this..."
Even Star Wars actor Mark Hamill got frustrated after seeing the new logo.
Shut up Star Trek fans; it's not your logo says U.S. Space Force
Back from the time when the said logo was signed, Gen. John Raymond, the previous commander of U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command, already commented that the said logo was not made 'rushed.'
"It's going to be really important that we get this right. A uniform, a patch, a song, it gets to the culture of service, and so we're not going to be in a rush to get something and not do that right," he added.
The exact department of the U.S. Space Force hasn't yet commented on the bashing of their new logo. However, we might see more of these negative feedback soon.
