Is ‘Department of War’ a Symbolic Bluff for Declining National Strength?
President Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth argue that renaming reflects a shift back to assertive military policy, highlighting a lack of major victories since 1947, officials said.
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Is ‘Department of War’ a symbolic bluff for declining national strength?
Trump and Hegseth’s shiny new Department of War signs are proudly symbolic but disconnected from the untold amounts of war materials needed to sustain a long-term, multi-front global conflict.


Confucius and Trump's Department of War
On September 5, President Trump signed an executive order making The Department of War an official secondary name for The Department of Defense, seemingly with the expectation that legislation will make the switch official and eliminate that Department of Defense name entirely down the road. The change was accompanied with the usual macho swagger that has become the norm in his second administration, with talking points about this name clearly …
Senator Explains What Pentagon Rebrand Is Really About And What Joe Biden Had To Do With It
By Mariane Angela | The Daily Caller News Foundation Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said on Fox News Friday that he fully backs efforts to rename the Department of Defense. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” restoring its historic title to highlight the Pentagon’s primary mission of waging and winning wars. During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Hawley…
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