{"id":149394,"date":"2025-09-05T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldtribune.com\/?p=149394"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:01:36","slug":"back-to-the-future-u-s-stopped-winning-wars-after-changing-name-of-dept-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldtribune.com\/2025\/back-to-the-future-u-s-stopped-winning-wars-after-changing-name-of-dept-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the future: U.S. stopped winning wars after changing name of Dept. of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>by<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>WorldTribune<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Staff \/ <\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/category\/breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>247 Real News<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em> September 5, 2025<\/em> <\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nPresident Donald Trump is renaming the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>In an executive order he was set to sign on Friday, Trump was to change the name to the Department of War, making good on his promise to realign the mission of U.S. armed forces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149397 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/worldtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DOW2-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"239\" \/>The Department of War was used for over 150 years until changing to the Department of Defense in 1949 after World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters in August that he would likely change the name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War,\u201d Trump said at the time. \u201cThen we changed it to Department of Defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth noted: \u201cWe won WWI, and we won WWII, not with the Department of Defense, but with a War Department, with the Department of War. As the president has said, we\u2019re not just defense, we\u2019re offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve reestablished at the Department the warrior ethos,\u201d Hegseth added. \u201cWe want warriors, folks that understand how to exact lethality on the enemy. We don\u2019t want endless contingencies and just playing defense. We think words and names and titles matter. So, we\u2019re working with the White House and the president on it. Stand by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s executive order calls for using the Department of War as a secondary title for the Department of Defense, along with phrases like \u201csecretary of war\u201d for Hegseth, according to a White House fact sheet.<\/p>\n<p>The order also instructs Hegseth to propose both legislative and executive actions to make the name permanently U.S. Department of War.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing the order will require modifications to public-facing websites and office signage at the Pentagon, including renaming the public affairs briefing room the \u201cPentagon War Annex,\u201d according to a White House official.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed truthsocial-video\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115153720226851346\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ad3434;\">Support<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/freepressfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Free Press Foundation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by WorldTribune Staff \/ 247 Real News September 5, 2025 President Donald Trump is renaming the Department of Defense. In an executive order he was set to sign on Friday, Trump was to change the name to the Department of War, making good on his promise to realign the mission of U.S. armed forces. 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