{"id":12460,"date":"2025-08-26T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12460"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:34:37","slug":"trump-wants-to-bring-back-the-department-of-war-it-had-a-stronger-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12460","title":{"rendered":"Trump wants to bring back the Department of War: &#8216;It had a stronger sound&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the best defense a good offense? President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;thinks so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twice on Aug. 25, Trump brought up his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/06\/25\/trump-war-department-defense-department\/84352233007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously stated intention<\/a>&nbsp;to rename the Department of Defense to what it was once called &#8211; the Department of War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also brushed aside any concerns about Congress not going along with his plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re just going to do it,\u201d he told a reporter in the Oval Office, when asked if such a change would require an act of Congress. \u201cI\u2019m sure Congress will go along, if we need that. I don\u2019t think we even need that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an event in the Oval Office earlier in the day, he presented his rationale for the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt used to be called the Department of War, and it had a stronger sound,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as you know, we won World War I, we won World War II. We won everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-18.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-18-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order, as U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look on, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025.\u00a9\u00a0Jonathan Ernst, REUTERS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitthecapitol.gov\/artifact\/act-establish-executive-department-be-denominated-department-war-june-27-1789-senate#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20War%2C%20established,in%201949%2C%20administered%20these%20departments.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Congress met in 1789<\/a>, it created three departments to aid the president:&nbsp;Department of Foreign Affairs (now the Department of State), the Department of Treasury and the Department of War (now the Department of Defense).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1798, Congress created a separate Department of Navy. Following World War II, the National Security Act of 1947 merged the Army and Navy departments and created a new Air Force, jointly known as the National Military Establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1949, the NME was renamed the Department of Defense to better reflect the civilian leadership of the military and the department\u2019s mission to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Multimedia\/Experience\/The-History-of-the-Department-of-Defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;deter war and protect the security&nbsp;<\/a>of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the best defense a good offense? President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;thinks so. Twice on Aug. 25, Trump brought up his&nbsp;previously stated intention&nbsp;to rename the Department of Defense to what it was once called &#8211; the Department of War. 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