“We’re just going to do it. I’m sure Congress will go along if we need that,” Trump said. “‘Defense’ is too defensive. We want to be defensive, but we want to be offensive, too if we have to be.”
Trump floats changing Defense Department back to ‘Department of War’
Politics
August 26, 2025
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