http://archive.today/2025.09.05-003435/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-department-of-war-defense.html

President Trump will sign an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War, the White House said, fulfilling his pledge to realign the military’s mission by restoring the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.

Mr. Trump first floated the idea in August in the Oval Office, saying it “just sounded better,” adding, “I think we’re going to have to go back to that.” He said the name change would be a reminder of the country’s record of victories in conflicts under the old name, citing World Wars I and II.

  • Forester@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    Well that’s neat. I have something new to add to the list of things that Trump said that I agree with.

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    5 months ago

    at least they’ll be wasting the dod’s time, money, and energy on something effectively benign. but it’s just more shit flooding the zone to distract from trump/epstein.