Author James Felton triggered Trump’s Space Force with a joke
When Donald Trump said the US should have a Space Force, we thought the White House staff would distract him with a burger and that would be the end of that. However, like a dog with a bone, the now-impeached President wouldn’t let it lie, so Space Force became a thing.
They recently revealed their fancy new name tapes adorning a camouflage uniform, although not camouflaged for space.
The first #SpaceForce utility uniform nametapes have touched down in the
Pentagon. @EsperDoD @SecAFOfficial @SpaceForceCSO @GenDaveGoldfein @DeptofDefense@usairforce pic.twitter.com/Jvzt5bvNl7— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) January 18, 2020
Best-selling author, James Felton, fired back a quip.
How many trees are you expecting to find in space
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 18, 2020
Now, we’re under no illusions that the US armed forces are a hotbed of improv comedy, but the sense of humour fail that followed was surprisingly public.
As we've stated: we're not deploying operators to space. Only our assets like SBIRS, GPS, AEHF, etc. are in space.
We're currently utilizing the existing Army/Air Force OCP uniform pattern as we assign/transition USAF personnel to Space Force. pic.twitter.com/YSNeNVaD1M
— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) January 22, 2020
It’s okay, though, because the snarky riposte was accompanied by a popular reaction gif to show they’re not a bunch of humourless respondatrons, but a vibrant and engaging social media account reaching out to win hearts and minds.
Naturally, James was taken by surprise.
Amazing. I got a rise out of the US Space Force. https://t.co/tQ30o0O1T5
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 22, 2020
And he wasn’t buying their flimsy cover story.
That’s the kind of thing I’d say if I was planning on sending army men to fight space trees
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 22, 2020
Supposed to be fighting trees in space, now they’re fighting Jim on twitter.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) 22 January 2020
Every time I’m in space and I see a tree I am going to be really fucking paranoid now, could be them
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) 22 January 2020
As a precaution, though, James had a request.
Seriously though, please don’t kill me (in space, from behind a space tree)
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 22, 2020
Fake news analyst and author, Alistair Coleman, had some troubling information.
Space Trees are already here, hiding in plain sight, murdering us all one song at a time. pic.twitter.com/mGMFWo5k0d
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) January 22, 2020
Would watch a version of the masked singer where the judges make their guesses and then the last judge – an army guy – shouts SPACE TREE and shoots them right in the trunk
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 22, 2020
Space Force wasn’t the only US agency taking an interest, probably through the magic of a social media manager running multiple accounts.
Oh mate, they switched to their US Space Command account to like their tweet. pic.twitter.com/7qh2MUfWbH
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) 22 January 2020
Someone named @boffingirl had a sneaking suspicion about the tetchy American tweeter.
I think this exchange provides compelling evidence that the @SpaceForceDoD twitter account is in fact run by the orange man… https://t.co/LpjyVtMlPb
— Random (deprogrammed) Sheep #Baa 🐑 🎪 (@boffingirl) January 22, 2020
Probably not – no spelling mistakes.
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