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Trump to rename Department of Defense to 'Department of War'

This marks the first significant change to the department's name in generations

Trump to rename Department of Defense to 'Department of War'
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05/09/2025 09:30 ‧ 2 days ago | StarsInsider

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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this September 5 to rename the Department of Defense to the "Department of War," according to a White House official.

"We won World War 1, World War 2 – it was called the Department of War, and to me, that's really what it is," Trump said. "Defense is a part of that, but I have a feeling we're gonna be changing."

This change would mark the first major renaming of the department in over seven decades.

So far, Trump has signed a total of 198 executive orders, including pardons for those involved in the January 6 Capitol attack and the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. More recently, he issued orders to dismantle the Department of Education and eliminate what he describes as "anti-American" ideology from Smithsonian museums.

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