So much Trump political poison, so little time and so little memory.

First of all, there was never any need for a “Space Force,” and the Pentagon all but admitted it during the Trump administration. If it is a rocket-missile that leaves Earth to go in orbit, that sounds like the Air Force’s mission. If it is a rocket that carries people – often called a spaceship – that sounds like a Navy mission. But people got the sense that Trump “wanted to do space” and wanted to create an entire military branch because that’s what cool presidents do.

Then there was the decision as to where it would be headquartered. People thought that Colorado Springs was the “no brainer” since it is next door to NORAD, whose specific mission is… to watch things from space! But people also got the sense that the process became politically motivated because Trump was mad that Colorado hadn’t voted for him and wouldn’t vote for him. How very Trumpian. But the Pentagon denied that politics played any role.

Trump just busted himself by outing it on the Rick and Bubba show. For those from the north and west, it is impossible to describe the reach of the Rick and Bubba radio show throughout the entire south, from North Carolina to Texas. They are funny. But they’re also Trump fans. Trump – who is coming to Cullen Alabama on Saturday – was on the phone with Rick and Bubba this morning when he let it slip (Rick and Bubba are based out of Alabama). According to the invaluable AL.com:

“Space Force — I sent to Alabama,” Trump said in a telephone interview on the Alabama-based syndicate radio show “Rick&Bubba.”

“I hope you know that,” he added. “(They) said they were looking for a home and I single-handedly said, ‘Let’s go to Alabama.’ They wanted it. I said let’s go to Alabama. I love Alabama.“

Most of the staff on this site are based in California and love California, but make any one of us (even the one who lives in Alabama) president, and we are not going to “single-handedly” send military branches to our favorite states, the ones that vote for us. (If people did that, wouldn’t Hawaii almost sink into the ocean, loaded with “stuff” people love?) There seem to be more important reasons than “I love Alabama” upon which to base a decision.

We had been assured by the Pentagon that politics didn’t come into play. They moved Space Command to Alabama because Hunstville has always been home to NASA’s rocketry program. But nope, Trump moved it here and said so, on his own, bragging.

Busted. Another instance in which Trump went full dictator, another instance we had completely forgotten, there are just so many.

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