LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe Department of Defense will soon be called the Department of War, President Donald Trump plans to announce in an executive order Friday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also appeared to confirm the new name, posting on X: “DEPARTMENT OF WAR” and linking to Fox News’ report on the new name. For now, Department of War will be a secondary name, as a unilateral name change would require an act of Congress. AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump speaks alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on Tuesday. And in June, he claimed the Department of War moniker was done away with because “we became politically correct.”Historians say that’s not at all what happened.

Source: Huffington Post September 05, 2025 10:40 UTC