President Trump is expected to announce US Space Command is relocating to Alabama after President Joe Biden canceled plans to build the military branch’s headquarters in the Southern state.
The White House announced Trump would be making a “defense-related” announcement at 2 p.m. in the Oval Office, and the Pentagon’s streaming website indicates it will be a “US Space Command HQ Announcement.”
President Trump is expected to announce US Space Command is relocating to Alabama after President Joe Biden canceled plans to build the military branch’s headquarters in the Southern state. Space Operations Command
Last week, Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey teased that the move was coming.
“Space Command coming to Huntsville? Count on it,” Ivey posted to X on Thursday. “Huntsville was already chosen once before as the home for U.S. Space Command — and for good reason. I remain confident that Alabama is the right place for this mission to take root and thrive.”
Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman (R), Space Force and Command Senior Enlisted Leader, and CMSgt Roger Towberman (L), with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, present US President Donald Trump with the official flag of the United States Space Force in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2020. Getty Images
Trump had ordered the Space Force headquarters be moved from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Huntsville in the final months of his first term in office — only for Biden to overturn the decision.
Republicans accused Biden of canceling the move for political reasons, as his administration aimed to avoid building new military facilities in states with abortion restrictions.