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With a press conference in the Rose Garden, Trump introduces us to Space Command. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments…

It’s not hard to see how President Donald Trump differs from previous presidents. Analysis of communication styles used by American presidents from 1789 to 2018 revealed a consistent decline in “analytical thinking” and a concurrent rise in confidence. The paper’s authors write that their results “strongly suggest that the recipe that likely helped President Trump to become a successful presidential candidate was set in motion almost 100 years before he took office.” Kayla Jordan, a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin and the study’s first author, began analyzing presidential linguistic trends during the 2016 debates. But when they began to analyze past presidents and politicians from around the world, they found strong linear trends. “All political leaders, not just Trump, have been increasingly communicating in more informal, confident ways,” Jordan tells Inverse. “The only exception was in the election debates, where he was even lower on analytic thinking than what would have been predicted.” Example #1: Announcing ‘Space Force’ To examine this trend, they analyzed all presidential States of the Union and inaugural addresses from the past 229 years and US, Australian, British, and Canadian legislative texts from 1994 to 2016. Around the same time, presidential linguistics began to have more examples of clout. The team notes that voters increasingly shun seemingly elitist or aristocratic politicians, a shift that may have inspired success-seeking politicians to speak more informally. But it’s also possible that because President Trump’s speaking style is the lowest in analytic thinking and highest in confidence in American history, other politicians may actively try to sever this long-term linear trend. Across multiple corpora from the American presidents, non-US leaders, and legislative bodies spanning decades, there has been a general decline in analytic thinking and a rise in confidence in most political contexts, with the largest and most consistent changes found in the American presidency.

Watch Live at 11:35 am ET: Vice President Pence delivers remarks during a National Space Council meeting on President Trump's vision of Space Force. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as…

Author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses his new book 'Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military.' » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political…

The Vice President is backing his boss and calling for a new branch of the military to patrol the final frontier. Stephanie Ruhle breaks down what else the U.S. could get with the Space Force’s $8 billion budget. » Subscribe…

The Trump Administration outlined a plan to make a “Space Force” the sixth branch of the U.S. military Thursday, but there are still significant hurdles before it could become a reality. “The time has come to establish the United States Space Force.” “Space Force all the way!” Donald Trump tweeted shortly after Pence spoke. This would be the first new branch since the Air Force was established in 1947 after World War II. Pence also announced their intent to set up a new combatant command. He also argued that the U.S. military must match that activity to defend American interests in space. And in the realm of outer space, the United States Space Force will be that strength in the years ahead.” A 15-page Pentagon report released shortly after Pence spoke explained that the Department of Defense would “usher in a new age of space technology” and “deter, and if necessary degrade, deny, disrupt, destroy, and manipulate adversary capabilities to protect U.S. interests, assets, and way of life.” The U.S. military is not new to the space game. The Pentagon currently has more than 100 satellites in total, including 31 GPS satellites that much of the world depends on. Congress representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Jim Cooper (D-TN), respectively Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, said in a joint statement, “We have been warning for years of the need to protect our space assets and to develop more capable space systems. President Trump first called for a space defense operation in May. We’ll call it the space force,” he said.

Clayton Anderson wants the U.S. to be the 'preeminent spacefaring nation' and if that includes the ability to protect assets in orbit then 'so be it.' FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking…

Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the Pentagon this morning about the so-called “Space Force.” But, we already have military space operations, involving every branch. Chris Jansing breaks down what’s new about President Trump’s plan with retired NASA astronaut Captain…

Vice President Mike Pence says it's time to prepare for the 'next battlefield' and establish the United States Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to…