“Harsh Measures”? – President Trump Announces Space Command Will Move From Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama
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Last month, President Donald Trump took to Truth to announce “harsh measures” in response to the persecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence in Colorado prison for making a forensic image of voting systems in her custody prior to a “Trusted Build” conducted by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
In his post to Truth Social, President Trump called Peters “a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians” and claiming that she did nothing wrong “except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election.”
Whether or not the incarceration of Peters is related to the moving of Space Command is unlikely as President Trump said it was “seven years in the making” during a press conference earlier today.
The new location of Space Command will be Huntsville, Alabama, or “Rocket City” as President Trump designated it during the presser.
“I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama — forever to be known, from this point forward, as ROCKET CITY.” –@POTUS pic.twitter.com/4kPwgpFGay
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 2, 2025
According to Ashe Epp of the Colorado Free Press, Space Command employed 1,700 people in Colorado Springs and contributed around $1 billion annually to the local economy via direct spending, employee salaries, and patronage of local businesses by Space Command employees.
Colorado Springs is home to over 150 space, aerospace, and defense companies and is home to five major military installations with a significant Department of Defense presence, however, Huntsville, too, has a large presence surrounding the Redstone Arsenal, which serves as a major center for missile, rocket, and space systems development and testing, according to Army Technology.
“Rocket City” is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, and several other military industrial complex companies.
According to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the aerospace and defense industry accounts for 44% of the to
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