President Donald Trump’s recent move to call the Department of Defense the “ Department of War ” is, practically speaking, an elaborate press release.

Much like his move to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” Trump can’t officially change the name without congressional action – which appears unlikely in the Senate.

But the Pentagon name change is instructive in one way: It epitomizes an increasingly militaristic Trump policy, at home and abroad.

He has campaigned for a decade on ending wars and even recently lobbied extensively for a Nobel Peace Prize. But his second term has involved increasingly threatening – and potentially risking – military confrontations.

The bellicose rhetoric has kicked into overdrive in recent days.

On Saturday morning alone came two extrem

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