AP noted that in such a decision Trump completed the dispute between Alabama and Colorado, which for four years competed for an economically profitable headquarters.
“We had a lot of competition for this, and Alabama receives it. In particular, Huntsville. […] This will lead to the creation of more than 30 thousand jobs in Alabama and, possibly, much more, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. More precisely, these are not even millions, but billions and billions of dollars. The main thing is that this decision will help America defend itself and dominate the high frontier, as they call it, ”Trump said.
According to him, after that Huntsville will be called Rocket City.
In 2023, Joe Biden, who was then US President, announced that the space command would remain in Colorado-Springs to avoid interruptions in combat readiness. Trump's statements about the intention to relocate them angered both representatives of the Democratic Party and the Republicans, who believe that the aerospace industry flourishes in the Colorado. Governor Colorado Jared Polis said that due to the transfer of headquarters, military readiness and national security may decrease.
Trump, in response, accused Alabam of a “very corrupt electoral system.”
