--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Struggles to Take Trump's Space Force Seriously description: Jimmy Kimmel couldn't resist having some fun with the most recent update on the Trump administration's proposed Space Force. canonical: https://time.com/5363844/jimmy-kimmel-trump-space-force/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-10T14:15:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:16.195Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Struggles to Take Trump's Space Force Seriously og:description: "Michael Bay is onboard to direct the whole thing" og:url: https://time.com/5363844/jimmy-kimmel-trump-space-force/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4516ad8740d3c628/69893778929fad8ba3bf1483/screen-shot-2018-08-10-at-9-40-03-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Trump-Space-Force og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Struggles to Take Trump's Space Force Seriously twitter:description: "Michael Bay is onboard to direct the whole thing" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4516ad8740d3c628/69893778929fad8ba3bf1483/screen-shot-2018-08-10-at-9-40-03-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Struggles to Take Trump's Space Force Seriously  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 10, 2018 2:15 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 10, 2018 2:15 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5363685/kanye-west-jimmy-kimmel-trump/) couldn’t resist having some fun with the most recent update on the Trump administration’s proposed “[Space Force.”](http://time.com/5363132/space-force-mike-pence-plan/) During Thursday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the host shared his take on Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Pentagon outlining the Administration’s proposed plan to make a Space Force the sixth branch of the U.S. military [by 2020](http://time.com/5363058/donald-trump-campaign-space-force-logo/). “That was not a scene from a movie,” Kimmel quipped. “That was real. The Space Force is actually happening. They’ve got plans, they’re finding money, Michael Bay is onboard to direct the whole thing.” Kimmel then brought in actor Fred Willard for a parody imagining Trump’s Space Force as a reboot of the 1978 TV movie of the same name. “Space Force is not an original idea,” Kimmel explained. “Maybe that’s where Trump got the idea. He was a kid watching _Space Force_ on NBC.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5363844/jimmy-kimmel-trump-space-force/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5363844/jimmy-kimmel-trump-space-force/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Struggles to Take Trump's Space Force Seriously","datePublished":"2018-08-10T14:15:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:16.195Z","description":"\"Michael Bay is onboard to direct the whole thing\"","url":"https://time.com/5363844/jimmy-kimmel-trump-space-force/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4516ad8740d3c628/69893778929fad8ba3bf1483/screen-shot-2018-08-10-at-9-40-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4516ad8740d3c628/69893778929fad8ba3bf1483/screen-shot-2018-08-10-at-9-40-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy-Kimmel-Trump-Space-Force","caption":"","creditText":"ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5363844/jimmy-kimmel-trump-space-force/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Struggles to Take Trump's Space Force Seriously"}}]}] ```