President Donald Trump recently hinted that he may revert the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, an old title dating back to 1789.

“It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound. And as you know, we won World War I, we won World War II. We won everything. Now we have a Department of Defense with defenders,” Trump said at an Aug. 25 Oval Office event, adding that he didn’t want “to be defense only” but also “offense too.”

“It’s coming, sir,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in response.

It wasn’t the first time Trump insinuated that a name change was on the horizon. In a July 11 Truth Social post and last month during a NATO summit, Trump referred to Hegseth as the “Secretary of War.”

It’s the latest name change floated by Trump — a trend

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