Rebrands: Bringing back the War Department

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Rebrands: Bringing back the War Department

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President Trump is desperate for the world to view him as a “tough guy,” said Tom Nichols in The Atlantic. That seems to be the motivation behind his executive order rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War, its name from 1789 to 1947. “Defense is too defensive,”…

This story appeared on theweek.com, 2025-09-16 21:32:22.