PRESIDENT Donald Trump has signed an executive order to change the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War.
He and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the move in an effort to restore the “warrior ethos” in America.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that America has not won a major war since the name was changed in 1949.
“That’s not to disparage our war fighters […] that’s to recognize that this name change is not just about renaming, it’s about restoring,” Hegseth said.
“Words matter.”
Hegseth said he hopes the order will restore a “warrior ethos” and “intentionality” when using armed forces.
“We’re gonna go on offense, not just on defense,” the former Fox News star said.
“Maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct.”
Trump said that America could have won every war of the past, but instead leaders chose to be “politically correct or wokie.”
“We just fight forever,” said the president.
“We have the greatest equipment in the world. We have the greatest soldiers in the world.”
Under the new order, major signage changes will have to be implemented at the Pentagon.
The building’s public affairs briefing room will now be renamed to the “Pentagon War Annex,” a White House official told Fox News.
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