[riotnrrd]

It takes an act of Congress to change the name. Trump just made one of his dictatorial proclamations.

[testing22321]

It was originally named the department of war, and changing it to defence was just newspeak anyway.

Of all the things trump has done, I actually like this one. At least he’s being honest about his intentions for what this department does.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

I'm of two minds on this. As you say, renaming from War to Defense was a lie to tell Americans a more palatable story. However, renaming from Defense to War is actually the same thing in the current political context but for populace with different values. It is honest in a way but that was not the intention, nor is it the effective result. It's just a different lie.

[anigbrowl]

That's irrelevant. the point is that Congress is the body with authority to decide, not the executive branch.

[ikrenji]

it's not just newspeak though. names matter. an advanced civilization, which USA being the richest country on Earth is, should not strive to get into offensive wars...

[zzzeek]

i dislike every action by a president that blatantly breaks the law, and yes that includes ignoring the tiktok ban