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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo if a Dem prez pulled this stunt with "Space Command"
The mediad be screaming: WASTE AND ABUSE!!! GOVERNMENT REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC!!! IS THIS NECESSARY?? THINK OF THE COST!!
Meanwhile, next week on Fireball XL-5
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Attilatheblond
(7,097 posts)One person can't fix what is broken. It will take a huge force of legislators, national and state, to wade thru the mess and actually drain the swamp.
And then, for good measure, add some chairs to fix that SCOTUS puppet show.
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EdmondDantes_
(857 posts)It encourages Congress to do nothing and it means we whipsaw between administrations. Doing ever more of them is a really bad idea.
LetMyPeopleVote
(169,117 posts)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
— Greed Apocalypse (@juanmunoz.bsky.social) 2025-09-03T17:37:10.227Z
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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.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-relocates-military-command-red-state-trumpiest-reasons-rcna228767
Whats more, moving the Space Command wouldve taken time and resources, opening the door to setbacks as Chinas 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 Commands 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 Colorados use of mail-in voting.
That might sound like a weird joke, but it accurately summarizes the presidents 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 states 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. Its not the same thing as the Space Force.)
I can appreciate why most Americans probably dont care where the Space Command is located, but lets 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.
Whats more, hell soon be rewarded for the move: At Tuesdays White House event, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, whos currently running for governor in Alabama, announced that he intends to name the Space Command Center in Huntsville after Trump.