Trump orders return to the US ‘War Department’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the US Department of Defense as a “Ministry of War” and when the authorities tried to emphasize the role of Pentagon to prevent conflict II. He returned to a title until after World War II.
Trump’s move represents an effort to restore the US army, which decided to restore an extraordinary military parade in the Washington DC city center, and the decision to restore the original names of military bases changed after the racial justice protests in 2020.
Trump also challenged traditional norms on the local deployment of the US Armed Forces, and created military zones on the Southern US border on the southern US border to assist a immigration pressure and distribute troops in cities such as Los Angeles and Washington.
According to the White House Information Form, Emir Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and subordinate authorities would give the authorities the authority to use secondary titles such as “War Secretary” and “Deputy Secretary of War” in public communication.
“This is a very important change, because it is an attitude, Tr Trump said while signing the executive order at a ceremony at the Oval Office. “This is really about winning.”
The movement will ask Hegset to recommend the legislative and executive actions to make it permanent.
Department name changes are rare and required congress approval. Nevertheless, Trump questioned whether the Republicans had subtle majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, but from the Congress, he questioned whether he really needed a head.
Two Republican senators, Mike Lee from Utah and Rick Scott from Florida and Greg Steube from Florida, a republican house, launched a legislation on Friday to change.
The defense secretary Pete Hegseth, who was introduced by Trump as a war secretary, cheered the change he has been defending for a long time.
“We will continue the crime, not just defense, not only defense.
The US Department of Defense, Congress II. After World War II, he was called the war department until 1949, when he united the Army, Navy and Air Force. Historians say that the name was partially chosen to indicate that the United States focused on preventing conflict in the nuclear age.
It will be expensive to change the name again, and it will require update not only by the authorities in the Pentagon, but also by worldwide military installations.
Former president Joe Biden’s effort to rename nine bases, honoring the confederation and confederation leaders, will cost the army for $ 39 million (A60 million). Hegseth reversed this effort in 2025 before.
Critics, the planned name change is not only expensive, but a unnecessary distraction for the Pentagon, he said.
Hegseth said that his name was “not just about words – about warrior morality”.
