President Donald Trump’s order to rebrand the Department of Defense (DOD) as the “Department of War” this past summer will cost billions of dollars, a new report suggests.

In September, Trump issued an executive order seeking to change the department’s name. Only a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the president can make the change official, but the order requires all government agencies within the executive branch to refer to the DOD as the Department of War.

“This name sharpens the Department’s focus on our own national interest and our adversaries’ focus on our willingness and availability to wage war to secure what is ours,” Trump’s order states .

But the change — which has no impact on the mission, makeup, or strategies of the DOD — comes with financial consequence

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