Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
 Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd

The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (5) |
Author: PucksFool ✧✺  😊 😞
Number: of 86278 
Subject: It is as if his goal is to make the US vulner
Date: 09/04/25 4:05 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 20
Trump's decision to move the Space Command to Alabama from Colorado may be political theater that will cost millions of dollars. It will leave us less prepared for an attack for years.

charlotteclymer.substack.com - You dont get half an hour

U.S. Space Command is the central nervous system of our government's nuclear infrastructure.

This is why President Biden chose to headquarter U.S. Space Command in Colorado in 2023. Because all the pertinent Space Force facilities were already there: Peterson, Schriever, Cheyenne Mountain, and Buckley military bases, the whole of U.S. Space Command.

It wasn't about politics. It was about military readiness. It didn't make sense to put Space Force headquarters in any state other than Colorado when the only priority should be quick and effective communication in a nuclear crisis and there was already an infrastructure.

Now, U.S. Space Command will not be fully operational for years because the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama lacks the existing infrastructure already available in Colorado.

But Alabama is a GOP-dominant state and there are massive contracts involved.

So, Trump is catering to his base over national security. Yet again.

To put it more bluntly: Trump is dangerously gambling our nuclear readiness in service to his greed and political pettiness.

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to PucksFool here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 86,214 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (5) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Ticker or Board Name Author

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community