(The Center Square) – Colorado officials expressed great disappointment with President Donald Trump’s Tuesday announcement about plans to move the U.S. Space Command Headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.

The state attorney general said he's ready to sue over it.

This week's move follows former President Joe Biden’s 2023 decision to make the Colorado headquarters SPACECOM's permanent location. In December, the headquarters reached full operational capability at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said the White House decision is “deeply disappointing” for the state and the nation.

“This is the wrong decision, diminishing military readiness and national security and eroding the trust Americans have in our country and its leaders to do the right thing

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