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President Donald Trump announces relocation of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama
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President Donald Trump made his first official public appearance in a week, after online speculation about his health over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Running some 45 minutes behind the scheduled time of 2 p.m. ET, Trump announced the relocation of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama while flanked by lawmakers from the state, before taking questions from reporters.
Addressing online rumors that he had died, Trump blamed the “so fake” media for the reports. While the president was seen at his golf course in Stirling, Virginia, over the weekend, he had no official engagements after holding a marathon three-hour cabinet meeting on camera last Tuesday.
Trump also announced — without giving details — that the U.S. had attacked a drug boat coming out of Venezuela, and said he will send federal troops to Chicago and Baltimore because of crime, despite local opposition and a court ruling it illegal.
Questioned about bizarre footage of a bag being thrown from an upper window of the White House, Trump dismissed the video as AI, saying the windows are sealed. The president said this despite an earlier explanation from his staff that it was a contractor disposing of something.
In a statement, the entirety of the Colorado congressional delegation — including both Republican and Democratic members — vowed to challenge the move, which they said would “directly harm our state and the nation.”
“We are united in fighting to reverse this decision. Bottom line — moving Space Command headquarters weakens our national security at the worst possible time,” they said.
“The Trump administration should not play political games with our nation’s military readiness and military families,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser told KKTV.
New posters depicting the so-called “sandwich guy” hitting Trump administration officials in the head with hoagies have cropped up in Washington, D.C., the latest symbol of protest against the president’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital.
Kelly Rissman explains what’s going on.
President Trump is authorizing the U.S. Space Command headquarters to relocate from Colorado to Alabama, bringing an end to years of political bickering over the hub’s fate for the military’s space-related operations. This move effectively punishes the Centennial State for electing Democrats and rewards Alabama for supporting him and his party.
Andrew Feinberg and Josh Marcus report.
President Donald Trump slammed the “so fake” news media over swirling speculation about his declining health — but still appeared to have a bruised hand during his first public appearance in a week.
Trump seemed to be in good spirits as he joked with his MAGA allies while announcing that the U.S. Space Command would be moved from Colorado to Alabama. It was his first appearance in a week, and came after his empty schedule over Labor Day weekend sparked mass speculation and frenzied online rumors about his health.
Isabel Keane reports.
President Donald Trump says he’s going to the Supreme Court as soon as tomorrow with an emergency appeal following a ruling against his ability to impose tariffs on imports.
Trump says the US will be a third-world country without tariffs.
“If you took away tariffs, we could end up being a ‘Third World’ country,” Trump told reporters. “So we are asking for an expedited ruling.”
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Pete Doocy of Fox News asked President Donald Trump about the video circulating online of someone throwing a bag out of an upstairs window of the White House residence over the weekend.
Trump dismisses the video as A.I.-generated, pointing out that the windows in question are heavily armored and bulletproof, making them impossible to open.
However, earlier, the White House confirmed that the video was real.
A White House official told The Independent that the window was opened — and the bag tossed out — by “a contractor who was doing regular maintenance while the President was gone.”
Asked if he’s decided on sending the National Guard into Chicago, President Donald Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office: “We’re going in. I didn’t say when we’re going in.”
He does not specify when, but then adds that he wants Democratic Governor JB Pritzker to call him.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that U.S. forces “shot out” what he described as a drug-carrying boat that he linked to Venezuela.
“We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time. And we just, these came out of Venezuela,” said Trump, who did not provide details of the operation.
The U.S. has deployed several ships in the southern Caribbean with the aim of following through on Trump’s pledge to crack down on drug cartels.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio tweeted:
Rubio then followed that up with a post, saying: “…today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”
Asked about the social media speculation over the weekend that he had died, President Donald Trump said he had not heard about that.
He said he was very active over the weekend, citing interviews he had given, long Truth Social posts, and the visits to his golf club in Virginia to meet people.
The president said that reports about his health are “fake news.”
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