By Phil Stewart and Trevor Hunnicutt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” reverting to a title it held until after World War Two when officials sought to emphasize the Pentagon’s role in preventing conflict.

Trump’s move represented his latest effort to rebrand the U.S. military, which has included his decision to preside over an extraordinary military parade in downtown Washington, D.C., and to restore the original names of military bases that were changed after racial justice protests in 2020.

Trump has also challenged conventional norms over domestic deployment of the U.S. armed forces, creating military zones along the southern U.S. border with Mexico to aid an immigration c

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