The president raised eyebrows Sunday after posting a graphic of a \u201cnext generation\u201d design for Space Force uniforms that includes a sleek, charcoal-colored collared jacket and pants with a black belt, black boots and a matching cap. There\u2019s also the Space Force Delta symbol on the collar, sleeve patch, belt buckle and the front of the cap. <\/p>\n
The graphic says the design is \u201cinspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform. Modernized for the guardians of the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starship Troopers is a 1997 space epic \u2014 directed by Paul Verhoeven<\/a>, who grew up in Nazi-occupied Netherlands \u2014 about a future Earth governed by a fascist regime that wages war against giant alien bugs. Some social media users picked up on the inspiration behind the uniforms, while others compared them to other space films. <\/p>\n \u201cDesigning the Space Force uniforms to look like the evil bad guys from Star Wars, who are led by an elderly, power hungry tyrant, who lose, repeatedly, is a bit too on brand, no?\u201d healthcare advocate Melanie D’Arrigo wrote <\/a>on X.<\/p>\n An independent military history author who goes by ChrisO_wiki shared a GIF of a scene from the 1987 Star Wars parody film Spaceballs, and wrote<\/a>, \u201cAh yes, I see the source of inspiration for this uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie,\u201d menswear writer Derek Guy posted<\/a>. <\/p>\n Speaking on Starship Troopers, Jonah Goldberg, the editor-in-chief at The Dispatch, a digital media company focused on politics and culture, said<\/a>, \u201cMy concern is whether these guys understand the point Verhoeven intended in Starship Troopers. <\/p>\n \u201cThe thing is I don\u2019t know what would be worse: whether they got it or didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n A political X account that goes by Wu Tang is for the Children sarcastically wrote<\/a>, \u201cNo Nazi vibes here.\u201d<\/p>\n Several conservative voices also chimed in, noting the similarity to Star Wars uniforms. <\/p>\n![\"Donald](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2b6d54789d69a3b9.jpg\")
Donald Trump has been mocked over his new design for Space Force uniforms, with social media users comparing them to the costumes worn by sci-fi villains \u2013 and even Nazis (@RealDonaldTrump\/Truth Social)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Space-Force.jpeg\")
The new design includes a sleek, charcoal-colored collared jacket and pants compared to the current Navy blue uniforms (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n