While speaking at the Oval Office — his first public appearance in nearly a week — Trump told reporters several times that he decided to relocate U.S. Space Command to the Yellowhammer State because he was angry with how Colorado (a Democratic stronghold) conducts its elections.

Trump was "admitting to using military assets for political payback." Florida International University political scientist Carlos Rodríguez López tweeted:.

"This is political retribution and corruption. It has nothing to do with national security." And Michigan-based Army veteran Bruce Crossing pointed out that deep-red Utah should be next in line for retribution, given that it conducts all of its elections by mail