Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, AP source says

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trump-will-announce-space-command-will-move-from-21026581.php

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to two people familiar with the announcement.

Trump is expected to speak Tuesday afternoon, and he will give the new location, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to confirm the plans ahead of the official announcement. A Pentagon website set up to livestream the remarks describes the event as a “U.S. Space Command HQ Announcement.”

“The president will be making an exciting announcement related to the Department of Defense,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Space Command's functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches.

[spanone]

1. Simply because Colorado is a blue state.

[FalloutShelter]

3. And it was Biden's decision to locate there.

So… let’s waste another billion taxpayer dollars.

[samnsara]

2. this is his big announcement? always a yawner.....

[Historic NY]

4. One would think

that having the Air Force Academy and North American Aerospace Defense Command, there would be useful.

[Ping Tung]

5. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to move it to Mars?

[Jersey Devil]

7. Couple that with the opening of Area 51 for public inspection

An Al Capone's vault sort of adventure

[Scrivener7]

8. Well, THAT'S not going to drown out the Epstein victims. I wonder if he has something else up his cankles.

[Deep State Witch]

9. Probably going to Huntsville

There's a big NASA facility there. But this is what they're teasing?? I don't buy it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Trump relocates a military command to a red state for the Trumpiest of reasons

The president, by his own admission, is making decisions about the military that have nothing to do with the military.

Trump relocates a military command to a red state for the Trumpiest of reasons

flip.it/Pnai6w

BIG KICKBACK $ ?

MORE GRIFT $ ?

POLITICAL RETRIBUTION ?

CO BIG MAIL IN VOTING ?

ALL THE ABOVE ARE VERY PLAUSIBLE.

BUT VANITY IS THE MAIN REASON.

IT WILL BE NAMED AFTER TRUMPF PER ALABAMA GOP.

— Greed Apocalypse (@juanmunoz.bsky.social) 2025-09-03T17:37:10.227Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-relocates-military-command-red-state-trumpiest-reasons-rcna228767

When the U.S. Space Command was formally created six years ago, it was temporarily based in Colorado and military leaders recommended that it stay there. There was no great mystery as to why: Colorado was already home to the Air Force Academy, which graduates Space Force guardians, as well as three Space Force bases.

What’s more, moving the Space Command would’ve taken time and resources, opening the door to setbacks as China’s efforts to militarize space intensify......

Two years later, Trump is reversing the reversal. NBC News reported:

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that U.S. Space Command’s headquarters will move to Alabama from Colorado, reversing a Biden administration decision. In remarks at the White House, Trump said he was making the shift in part because of Colorado’s use of mail-in voting.

That might sound like a weird joke, but it accurately summarizes the president’s own comments.

Trump on moving Space Force base from Colorado: "The problem I have with Colorado -- they do mail in voting. They went to all mail in voting, so they have automatically crooked elections. And we can't have that."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-02T18:53:55.736Z

.....In other words, the incumbent president held a grudge against Colorado because of his discredited and conspiratorial beliefs about the state’s election administration policies, and this contributed to his willingness to relocate a Pentagon command. (The Space Command is comprised of elements from the Army, Navy and Air Force. It’s not the same thing as the Space Force.)

I can appreciate why most Americans probably don’t care where the Space Command is located, but let’s not miss the forest for the trees: Trump, by his own admission, is making decisions about the military that have nothing to do with the military.

What’s more, he’ll soon be rewarded for the move: At Tuesday’s White House event, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who’s currently running for governor in Alabama, announced that he intends to name the Space Command Center in Huntsville after Trump.