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BumRushDaShow

(160,105 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 05:54 PM Sep 2

Pentagon deletes post after accidentally revealing Trump's big mystery announcement

Source: Raw Story

September 2, 2025 1:07PM ET


President Donald Trump teased a major announcement on Tuesday afternoon, but the Pentagon accidentally spoiled the surprise by posting the news ahead of him—then quickly deleting it.

Dave Brown, deputy managing editor for Politico, noted that Trump lost both the element of surprise and the impact of his "Oval Office announcement slated for Tuesday afternoon." Instead, the story broke early when the Defense Department’s website inadvertently published a link to the upcoming livestream with the caption “U.S. Space Command HQ Announcement.” The reference was later removed.

Trump is expected to announce the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama—a decision likely to hit the Colorado Springs economy hard.

The area, a longtime conservative stronghold, is already home to the U.S. Air Force Academy as well as organizations such as Focus on the Family and the James Dobson Family Institute. A decade ago, the city ranked as the fourth most conservative in the country, CPR News reported, though recent trends suggest change.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/space-force/?utm_source=superhead

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Pentagon deletes post after accidentally revealing Trump's big mystery announcement (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 2 OP
Spend, spend, spend. Relocation for this, the people and families involved, will cost incalculable amounts Deuxcents Sep 2 #1
Yep. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 3 #3
They wanted to keep it under wraps so more people would be paying attention onenote Sep 2 #2
That's funny. Word got all over the place before they did! LeftInTX Sep 3 #4

Deuxcents

(23,996 posts)
1. Spend, spend, spend. Relocation for this, the people and families involved, will cost incalculable amounts
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:02 PM
Sep 2

Not just the physical aspect but uprooting families, their jobs, their place in the community, mom and pop places..all because TSF had a burr up his butt

onenote

(45,636 posts)
2. They wanted to keep it under wraps so more people would be paying attention
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:02 PM
Sep 2

The announcement that there would be an announcement certainly worked here at DU, where folks were speculating -- some tongue in cheek, some not -- on what it would be. The announcement was hardly worth the speculation it generated.

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