Trump announces Space Command moving to Huntsville, Alabama
Well thank you very much. It’s *** very important day and an important announcement with great friends of mine. I think I can say this group is every one of them. I rated 10. I can’t always say that even if they’re Republicans, and these are Republicans, great Republicans. I want to thank you all for being here. For this important announcement, 7 years in the making, as you know this has been going on for *** long period of time, and I am thrilled to report that the US Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful uh locale of *** place called Huntsville, Alabama forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City. OK, so Huntsville, Alabama, we love Alabama. I only won it by about 47 points. I don’t think that influenced my decision though, right? That didn’t right, but, uh, we had *** lot of competition for this, and, uh, Alabama is getting it. Huntsville in particular, so congratulations everybody, Katie, congratulations. This will result in more than 30,000 Alabama jobs and probably much more than that and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, and that’s billions because it can’t be millions, it’s billions and billions of dollars. Most importantly, this decision will help America defend and dominate the high frontier as they call it. I wanna thank Secretary Pete Hegseth. He’s doing *** fantastic job and Secretary of the Air Force Troy Mink. Troy, thank you very much. Great job you’re doing, Troy. This is such *** big deal. This is one that everybody wanted to know what are you doing? I also want to thank Senators Katie Britt, and I wanna give my condolences. Your grandmother, her grandmother just passed away. She was 100, right? Well, and and she was very proud of you, very, very proud of you. So thank you, Katie. She must have been to produce you indirectly. I can tell you she had to be. Uh, Tommy Tuberville, who’s *** great coach, and, uh, I won’t say anything about what happened with Alabama football this weekend, but you’re not, uh, you’re not used to that, right? You’re not used to that, but Tommy, uh, Auburn one is right, so you’re happy. Tommy’s been *** great senator. He’s, you know, and, uh, fantastic, fantastic guy all around. He was also *** tremendous coach. Uh, House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers, thank you, Mike, with Mike. Mike, thank you very much. Doing great, Mike, uh, representatives Barry Moore, all great friends Robert Aderholt, Gary Palmer, and Dale Strong. Thank you all very much, fellas. We appreciate it. In my first term, We created and I created *** thing called Space Force so important you know we were losing the race in space very badly to China and to Russia, and now we’re far and away number one in space and reestablished space calm. With *** mission to protect American space assets and detect any threat to our homeland, we initially selected Huntsville for the Space Co headquarters, yet those plans were wrongfully obstructed by the Biden administration and as you know, they moved them to *** different locale and today we’re moving forward with what we want to do and the place that we want to have this and this will be there for hopefully hundreds of years. That’s where it’s gonna be. Uh, I will say I want to thank, uh, Colorado. The problem I have with Colorado, one of the big problems, they do mail-in voting. They went to all mail-in voting. So they have automatically crooked elections and we can’t have that when *** state is for mail in voting that means they want dishonest elections because that’s what that means so that played *** big uh factor also in Huntsville Space com will play *** key role in building the Golden Dome, as you know that’s gonna be *** big thing. Everybody wants to be *** participant in it, missile defense shield we’re gonna be. Having *** golden dome that uh the likes of which nobody’s ever seen before, the finest, the best, and by the way Canada called they wanna be *** part of it and that’ll be great, but Canada wants very much to be included in that then we’re gonna work something out with them, I hope. It will also ensure that our techno technological capabilities of which we’re way ahead of anybody else’s nobody close, remain unmatched long into the future. So I’d like to ask Secretary Hegseth to say *** few words. He was very much *** part of it. And really everybody behind me was every one of these people would call me and lobby me. I said, Katie, I don’t want to talk to you anymore. I know I know what you want, she said, that’s right, sir. That’s what I want and they got their way. So, uh, I just want to congratulate. These are really special people. They’re politicians in many ways, but they’re great patriots, I think even more so than politicians, so they fought very hard to get it and it’s an honor to give it to Huntsville. uh, Pete, say *** few words please. Um, thank you, Mr. President. Uh, as usual, uh, right place, right time for the right reason. Uh, in your first administration you established the space force at *** time when we knew we had to be looking to that domain of space. You also reestablished Space Co to ensure that priority was put in place and you through the Air Force independently identified that Huntsville, Alabama was the right place to put it, uh, for other reasons in the next administration under Biden, they decided to move it somewhere else. Well, during that time. The DOD inspector General, the government affairs Office, they did their own assessments and where did they say Space Comp should go? Huntsville, Alabama. So what you’re doing today, Mr. President, is restoring it to precisely where it should be based on what the space force, the Air Force, your leadership believes will give us strategic advantage in the future. That is Huntsville, Alabama. We, we are, we are way ahead in space, but this will ensure we stay leaps and bounds ahead because that’s the most important domain. Whoever controls the skies will control the future of warfare, and Mr. President, today you’re ensuring that happens. Thank you. Thank you very much. Katie, would you like to say something? Mr. President, we are grateful, uh, for your leadership on this and restoring Space Command to its rightful home in Huntsville, Alabama. This delegation has worked together, um, both chambers, both parties, to make sure that Huntsville was the place that Space Command called home. As was mentioned, obviously the Biden administration chose to make this political. What we want to do is put the safety and security of Americans first. We want to make sure that our war fighter is put first, and we want to make sure that America continues to lead. And today, Mr. President, you’ve allowed that to happen. Thank you. Thank you very much. Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. This is *** great day for our country, not just for our state of Alabama, uh. We need help in our military. We need to catch up, and as Secretary has said, we, uh, we’re not behind in space. But we know where we’re at and we need to expand on that. Now this move will save the taxpayers $480 million. It’s not gonna cost more. It’s going to cut $480 million. We have the plans intact. It’ll be behind *** secure wall in Huntsville, Alabama, Redstone Arsenal. We have 40,000 people there. We have the FBI there. We have missile defense there. We have NASA, Blue Origin, and, uh, uh, SpaceX. It is the perfect place for Space command. I would tell you today, and I again, I’ve spoke with the president for the last 3 or 4 years about this. If I thought it needed to go somewhere else because I understand the security of our country, I’d be for that, but the best place for Space command is Huntsville, Alabama because what we have and what it means to this country. It’s gonna be so important. So thank you, Mr. President, for this, and we look forward to building *** huge space command and having the Donald J. Trump Space Command Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Yeah, absolutely. Uh, sure. Well, Mr. President, thank you. I’ll be very brief here. I lobbied the president hard to put it in in Ohio, but he said these people behind us, these Alabamas are just too powerful and too persuasive. And so it’s in Alabama, but, but as Tommy said, this is exactly the right place for Space Force and Space Command. I think Americans ought to appreciate and ought to appreciate the fact that you can’t win the battle of the future unless you control the skies. The cybersecurity, the communications, the entire infrastructure of the battle in the 21st century will be in space. It was *** visionary move in the first. Administration for the president to set up Space Force and I think an equally visionary move to make sure the Space Force is right where it should be in Huntsville, Alabama. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much, gentlemen, anybody want to say anything? Would you like to say, Mr. President, uh, another promise made another promise kept. You think about it, uh, Redstone arsenal is critical to national security. The president said, uh, when you were the forty-fifth president, let’s do what’s right for national security. And today that’s exactly what we’re doing. It’s not because of this or that. It’s because it’s right for national security. You think of the 21 categories that were evaluated to determine what was best for national security. All indicators pointed back to Huntsville, Alabama and Redstone Arsenal. We have the right people at the right place at the right time, Mr. President, on behalf of the people of the 5th Congressional District and all of Alabama, thank you for, uh, keeping your word. Let me just say. Mr. President, uh, I wanna say thank you, uh, and, uh, thank you for doing this because it was the right thing to do. All the, uh, when they looked at all the, the numbers, Huntsville was the place to go and, uh, like you say it was unfortunately pulled out, but you made it right. So I wanna just say thank you again, uh, for *** grateful nation and to the state of Alabama. We’re very grateful. Thank you and God bless. Thank you. Thank you Mr. President. uh, throughout history, militaries has always understood that whoever could hold the high ground held the advantage space is the ultimate high ground and what we’re doing with moving the Space command to Huntsville is absolutely critical to our maintaining dominance in that sphere, and it goes hand in hand with what we’re trying to do with the Golden Dome and missile defense to defend against anyone else who tries to enter that sphere. So thanks, Mr. President. Thank you Mr. President and obviously national defense is *** huge issue. And when you look at the scores, Alabama was number one, and for political reasons it was moved out of our state. But Mr. President, thank you for making priorities the defense and the war fighter and the safety of this nation and and the big beautiful build that Golden Dawn will be built in Huntsville, Alabama, and we’re grateful for that. Thank you. Listen, I, uh, as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, I care very much about what’s most important for our, uh, national security, and, uh, the president held *** nationwide competition to determine where we should have this command. If y’all remember at the end of that competition where Alabama came in first, there was *** lot of complaints from the other states who did not place well. He said, we’ll do it over with new criteria to accommodate your concerns. Alabama came in first in that second competition. His secretary of the Air Force reviewed the results, said it was fair, and the president named Huntsville. It was the Biden administration that decided to make it political, even though his own secretary of the Air Force said it was *** fair competition and it should be in Huntsville. So I want you to know I appreciate this president standing up and being strong and saying he’s going to make this right and put it where it rightfully belongs. That’s Huntsville, Alabama.
Trump announces Space Command moving to Huntsville, Alabama
Updated: 7:24 PM CDT Sep 2, 2025
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will move to Huntsville, Alabama.This reverses a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.Listen to the announcement in the video player above.Space Command’s functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches.Trump stated that Huntsville will be a part of making the Golden Dome and the move will result in more than 30,000 jobs.”It is the perfect place for Space Command,” Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said during the news conference.Trump stated that four different groups of experts said Huntsville is the best location and the “people of Alabama fought harder for it.”“I commend Redstone and city of Huntsville leaders for their diligence in maintaining a mission-ready stance,” said Gov. Kay Ivey following the announcement. “I also applaud our entire Congressional delegation – Republicans and Democrats – especially Congressman Mike Rogers as chairman of the House Armed Service Committee. As our history shows, Alabama always stands ready to support the defense of our great nation, and Huntsville continues proving the Rocket City is truly ‘Space Central.”’Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim Space Command because it has significant implications for the local economy. The site also has been a political prize, with elected officials from both Alabama and Colorado asserting their state is the better location.Huntsville, Alabama, nicknamed Rocket City, has long been home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.The Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is also located in Huntsville, which drew its nickname because of its role in building the first rockets for the U.S. space program.The announcement caps a political four-year back-and-forth on the location of Space Command.The Air Force in 2021 identified Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the preferred location for the new U.S. Space Command. The city was picked after site visits to six states that compared factors such as infrastructure capacity, community support and costs to the Defense Department.Then-President Joe Biden in 2023 announced Space Command would be permanently located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which had been serving as its temporary headquarters. Biden’s Democratic administration said that keeping the command in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in readiness.A review by the Defense Department inspector general was inconclusive and could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama. Trump, a Republican who enjoys deep support in Alabama, had long been expected to move Space Command back to Alabama.Trump stated that Colorado has mail-in voting, which was part of his decision. When asked if he thought people may not move to Alabama, he said that they would find other people.This article contains information from The Associated Press.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will move to Huntsville, Alabama.
This reverses a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.
Listen to the announcement in the video player above.
Space Command’s functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches.
Trump stated that Huntsville will be a part of making the Golden Dome and the move will result in more than 30,000 jobs.
“It is the perfect place for Space Command,” Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said during the news conference.
Trump stated that four different groups of experts said Huntsville is the best location and the “people of Alabama fought harder for it.”
“I commend Redstone and city of Huntsville leaders for their diligence in maintaining a mission-ready stance,” said Gov. Kay Ivey following the announcement. “I also applaud our entire Congressional delegation – Republicans and Democrats – especially Congressman Mike Rogers as chairman of the House Armed Service Committee. As our history shows, Alabama always stands ready to support the defense of our great nation, and Huntsville continues proving the Rocket City is truly ‘Space Central.”’
Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim Space Command because it has significant implications for the local economy. The site also has been a political prize, with elected officials from both Alabama and Colorado asserting their state is the better location.
Huntsville, Alabama, nicknamed Rocket City, has long been home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
The Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is also located in Huntsville, which drew its nickname because of its role in building the first rockets for the U.S. space program.
The announcement caps a political four-year back-and-forth on the location of Space Command.
The Air Force in 2021 identified Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville as the preferred location for the new U.S. Space Command. The city was picked after site visits to six states that compared factors such as infrastructure capacity, community support and costs to the Defense Department.
Then-President Joe Biden in 2023 announced Space Command would be permanently located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which had been serving as its temporary headquarters. Biden’s Democratic administration said that keeping the command in Colorado Springs would avoid a disruption in readiness.
A review by the Defense Department inspector general was inconclusive and could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama. Trump, a Republican who enjoys deep support in Alabama, had long been expected to move Space Command back to Alabama.
Trump stated that Colorado has mail-in voting, which was part of his decision. When asked if he thought people may not move to Alabama, he said that they would find other people.
This article contains information from The Associated Press.