Trump: I'm Changing the Name of the Department of Defense
By: Michael Luciano (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
President Donald Trump said he wants to rename the Department of Defense, and that if he needs legislative approval, "Congress will go along" with it.
The U.S. Department of Defense was created by the National Security Act of 1947, and is the successor department to the U.S. Department of War.
On Monday, the president met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House, where he oddly reminded his counterpart about Korean women who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese in World War II. At one point, Trump indicated that one of the cabinet departments will likely get a name change.
"We call it the Department of Defense, but between us, I think we're gonna change the name," Trump said. "I think we're gonna have some information on that maybe soon, because I think, you know, Department of Defense, we won the World War I, World War II. It was called the Department of War. And to me, that's really what it is. Defense is a part of that. But I have a feeling we're gonna be changing."
The president went on to state that the "change will probably be made over the next week or so."
Later on, NewsNation reporter Kellie Meyer asked, "And on the Department of War, how do you plan to do that? It requires an act of Congress to rename the Defense Department-"
"We're just gonna do it," Trump interjected. "I'm sure Congress will go along if we need that. I don't think we even need that. But if we need that, I'm sure Congress will go along. You know, that was a name when we won World War I. We won World War II. We won everything, and just to me, seems like just a much more appropriate [name]."
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The ghost of Saddam Hussein wants his decor back.
Trump says we need to rename the Dept Of Defense because when it was The Department of War we never lost one. I guess he is superstitious.
Mostly.
IIRC, the War on Viet-Nam was the first one we ever lost.
The name “Department of Defense” was chosen to emphasize the U.S. commitment to peacekeeping and deterrence, rather than aggression.
This rebranding aligned with the founding of the United Nations and a global push toward diplomacy and collective security after the devastation of WWII.
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And it WILL take an act of Congress to change it I don;t give a shit what he says. He can't change the name of an agency the way he changes the name of his wives
After world war 2 America ruled the world, militarily, and we had entered the age of nuclear weapons. War was to be downplayed. The goal became to prevent wars, hence the name Defense Department. We wont start wars but we will defend ourselves. There is no reason to change the name other than Trump wants what he wants.
Given the fact that he's sending armed troops into various states... why not call it "The Dept. of Interfering In States Rights...???
As always, the five-year-old is driving the car.
I expect hm to rename Lake Ontario to Lake New York.
We're going to rename "the President" to "the Presidunce".
Those Epstein files must be really bad. It’s new, silly bullshit every day.
I think he thinks he actually is the king.
I am confident that he believes he can act like a King.
I think they should change the name of the Department of Defense to “The Department of Epstein Files Avoidance”.
Just out "Conservative Direct" - MAGA conservatives are "all-in" and supporting this, if not the "lead" on this.
That is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.
It speaks to the image/concept/brand that MAGA wants to put forward to the world: The United States as:. Power. Might. Force.
Why?
Yep...do you see something wrong with that?
I guess if you're a 12 year old boy it might have been impressive.
Seriously?
Not to an intelligent 12 year old.
Department of War. It reminds me of Star Trek's starship Enterprise and its peace missions to other planets. . .which routinely drew the entire crew into conflict and combat. Granted it was a television show in need of 'high' drama to challenge the audience. All the same, when you go around the world carrying what appears to be a 'chip' on your shoulder, and insisting on brushing aside anything others may ask or 'demand' of you . . expect people to fear you or fight you.
Now then is there anything wrong with the name? I don't know yet. But "war" is such an UGLY and gruesome word. Who can love it?
I actually have always found it to be a little disingenuous and euphemistic, the way we export our military power across the world. Our military is rarely used for defense, so War department always seemed more honest to me.
I don’t support all the dick measuring coming from the guys proposing it this week. We’re not a more masculine nation if we rename it “War” department.
I agree. It always startled the Enterprise crew and apparently its Captain Picard when the worlds they visit would do a scan of their arsenal-and not fully understand they were on a "peace mission."
Though, it kind of makes sense seeing and experiencing the belligerence coming from those with toxic masculinity here on NT. This is an opening to the military industrial complex to roar back into 'business.'
In fact, from the way it is being done, that seems to be what is expected.
A Nobel Peace prize for renaming American defense as the Department of War? Hard to know if he is on bad medications or if all the sycophants surrounding him are.
Does anyone else think this is similar to the Cracker Barrel nonsence or is it just me
Gulf of America... demanding the sports teams go back to using their racist names...