Did anyone else hear tRump say Colorado lost this "space command" because of mail in voting???

[a kennedy]

I swear that’s the reason it’s being moved to Alabama. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[drray23]

1. Yeap. Blue states bad...

Next he is gonna try to move military bases from California to a red state.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Alabama allows mail-in voting, too. 🤔

Link to tweet

[Cha]

8. GD I hate their GD Nazi faces.. Fuck them.

[Deuxcents]

3. What's next..an EO denying blue states the right to vote or nullify the state's results?

[kimbutgar]

4. I'm vacationing in San Diego now

is he going to shut down the strategic naval base for retribution because we do mail in voting almost exclusively.

[Johonny]

6. That's spin

The move has been anticipated since he won office. Today was making a worse kept secret public not that the public cares.

[mountain grammy]

7. Mail in voting is wonderful!

It's safe, leaves a paper trail, and increases turnout. That's why republicans hate it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. 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.