Trump pressures Colorado Gov. Polis to release Tina Peters and threatens federal funding

President Trump escalated a pressure campaign against Colorado Governor Jared Polis over Tina Peters incarceration, calling her a political prisoner and Polis a "scumbag governor." Trump uninvited Polis from a White House governors meeting and threatened Colorado federal funding. The administration ended federal programs, denied disaster aid, announced the dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and relocated U.S. Space Command to Alabama.