"Trump and Hegseth have been publicly pushing for the rebrand for weeks, claiming the change would present the US military as more aggressive to the world by reverting to the name that was used when the US was victorious in the first and second world wars. Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was the Department of War, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last week. Then we changed it to Department of Defense."
"Opponents have criticised Donald Trump's expected move to rebrand the Department of Defense as the department of war. The president is expected to sign an executive order on Friday authorizing the rebrand, the White House said, as part of an attempt to formalize the name change without an act of Congress. The order will designate department of war as a secondary title, an administration official said, as a way to get around the need for congressional approval to formally rename a federal agency."
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday authorizing a rebrand of the Department of Defense to designate 'department of war' as a secondary title. The order will instruct executive branch agencies to use the Department of War name in internal and external communications and allow Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials to use 'secretary of war' as official titles. Trump and Hegseth say the change would present the US military as more aggressive and evoke historical victories. The move could cost tens of millions for signage and materials. Critics, including Senator Tammy Duckworth, say funds should support military families and diplomacy.
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