Trump Announces Relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama

Washington, D.C., September 2, 2025 - President Donald J. Trump today held his first press conference in a week, using the Oval Office podium to unveil several high-profile initiatives and address mounting speculation about his health and policy agenda.

In remarks flanked by Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Alabama Senators Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt, the President announced that U.S. Space Command headquarters will be relocated from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Effective immediately, the facility will be rechristened “Rocket City” and is projected to save taxpayers approximately $480 million in construction and operational costs. Trump cited Alabama’s existing space-industry infrastructure-including NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and missile-defense installations-as the rationale for the move and promised the region a “Donald J. Trump Space Command Center” that will “pioneer the next golden age of American space dominance.” Reuters

Trump framed the decision as rectifying what he described as Colorado’s “dishonest elections” stemming from universal mail-in voting and tied it to broader concerns over election integrity. He also pledged that the new facility will spearhead development of the “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield, a $175 billion satellite network designed to intercept incoming threats. Reuters

The President used the session to refute viral social-media rumors about his health, dismissing suggestions that he had been incapacitated-or even deceased-as “fake news.” According to French daily Le Monde, Trump joked that he only “found out over the weekend” that he was “dead” after missing public appearances for two days, insisting he had “never felt better in my life.” Le Monde

Turning to trade policy, Trump vowed to appeal an August 29 federal appeals-court decision that struck down most of his tariff regime as unlawful. He said his administration would seek an expedited Supreme Court ruling, warning that lifting the tariffs would harm U.S. competitiveness and risk turning the country into “a third-world nation.” Reuters

He also announced a recent drug-interdiction operation: “We just, moments ago, intercepted a boat carrying drugs from Venezuela,” he declared, promising further actions to stem narcotics flows. Reuters

On domestic security, Trump expressed readiness to deploy federal forces-including the National Guard-to cities experiencing spikes in violent crime, singling out Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. “When 20 people are killed over the last two and a half weeks and 75 are shot, we have an obligation to step in,” he asserted. Right Side Broadcasting Network

Finally, Trump previewed an emergency meeting to address the tariff ruling and reiterated confidence in his Supreme Court appointees, whom he praised for their “incredible” judgments. He closed by crediting his administration’s policies for the U.S. economy’s strength and proclaiming that “America is back.” Reuters