President Trump will reportedly announce Tuesday that House Command headquarters is shifting to Alabama, reversing former President Biden’s resolution to maintain the command in Colorado.
“The President shall be making an thrilling announcement associated to the Division of Protection,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated in a press release.
The announcement is scheduled for two p.m. EDT within the Oval Workplace. It can mark the primary time Trump has made remarks on digicam since final Tuesday.
The Related Press reported Tuesday morning that the announcement was in regards to the House Command, which has been a political soccer for years.
Huntsville, Ala., was initially tapped as the brand new location for the House Command headquarters throughout Trump’s first time period. Biden introduced in 2023 that the headquarters would keep put in Colorado Springs, its non permanent location.
Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation have been livid in regards to the resolution.
The White Home’s assertion about an unspecified announcement stoked hypothesis Tuesday morning about different potential information associated to the Protection Division.
Trump indicated final Monday he might transfer to rename the Division of Protection because the Division of Battle within the close to future. The president has argued it was known as the Division of Battle throughout U.S. victories in World Battle I and World Battle II.
“Defense is a part of that,” Trump stated. “But I have a feeling we’re going to be changing. Everybody likes that. We had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War.”
Trump has additionally in current days repeatedly raised the concept of deploying the Nationwide Guard to Chicago to crack down on crime within the metropolis. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and metropolis officers have sharply pushed again on the risk.
“At least 54 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, 8 people were killed. The last two weekends were similar,” Trump posted Tuesday morning on Reality Social. “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far. Pritzker needs help badly, he just doesn’t know it yet. I will solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in DC.”
