Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the “Department of War”, reverting to a title it held until after World War II. The switch was a signal that the department was “a force to be reckoned with”, said Trump after months of complaining that the original name was “woke”. After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War.
According to France24.com, Trump stated that the change was intended to send a message of strength and victory to the world, asserting that the United States is a formidable force. He criticized the Department of Defense’s name as “woke”, and