President Joe Biden announced that the headquarters for the US Space Command will stay in Colorado, reversing an order by Donald Trump to move the entire operation to Alabama after Trump had a hissy fit when Democrats dominated the 2020 elections in the state, the Associated Press reports.
During a 2020 campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Trump had promised that the commands for the Space Force and other non-terrestrial defense efforts would stay in Colorado, home of the Air Force Academy, NORAD command and nearly two dozen space-centered projects and bases. The Colorado location was preferred by the commander of US Space Command, General James Dickinson, who cited its altitude, the comparatively consistent weather, the fact that it doesn’t get pummelled by hurricanes periodically, and the security risk a move to Alabama would cause to the readiness of the command as some of the myriad reasons to stay in Colorado.
However, after Democrats dominated the 2020 election in the state with just 42% of Coloradans voting for Trump as he lost the state for the second time. Democrats also held the Senate seat and their majority in the Congressional delegation as well as picked up a state senate seat.