Trump’s ‘Department of War’ Looking Increasingly Unlikely to Become Official — Because of Republicans

Sarah Rumpf Sep 10th, 2025, 11:59 am

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President Donald Trump’s plan to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War is facing major roadblocks from members of his own party.

The proposed name change has been controversial, both for the multi-billion dollar expense and the massive administrative undertaking redesigning and relabeling official seals, uniforms, stationery, logos, signage, insignia, and other graphics throughout the more than 700,000 DOD facilities throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Last week, Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the DOD to the Department of War, the original name for the C

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