Not the Department of Defense anymore? Donald Trump wants to change the name of the ministry

– I don't just want defensive. We want defensive, but we also want offensive (…) as the Department of War, we won everything and I think we have to come back to it – said Trump on Monday in the oval office.

The head of Pentagon Pete HegeSth behind him declared: – This will happen soon.

The war department operated in the USA from 1789 to 1947. After reorganization, in 1949, a defense ministry was established. Trump had previously called HegeStha the secretary of war, and the head of the Pentagon himself raised the subject of changing the name of the department in March, “Newsweek reminded.