Why the Trump Department of War? This is a clever part of the inner crusade
Donald Trump wants the American Department of Defense to be called the Department of War. “We won World War I and II and all conflicts before and after them,” said the Republican. “Then we became aware and changed the name.” Trump has now undone this change.
The US president immediately used the term “war”. Last weekend, a meme appeared on his social platform referring to the war film “Time of Apocalypse” with a quote: “I love the smell of deportation in the morning.” And further: “Chicago will soon find out why it is now the war department”.
There is a clear course behind Trump's warrior language. The president wants to show internally hard attitudeespecially to the mayors of American metropolises and states ruled by Democrats, who tolerate crime and illegal migration in Trump's eyes. He intends to instill the fighting spirit in the American army, which in his opinion was softened by “awakened” democrats. And scare away enemies from the outside by sending that the doctrine “Room through strength” It is taken seriously.
While the Russian leader Vladimir Putin can continue his aggressive war against Ukraine and provoke NATO without any obstacles, Trump takes decisive action in his own yard. “Secretary of War” Pete HegeSeth went on Monday without warning to Puerto Rico. The veteran visited the base of the American maritime infantry on the island, which is the self -government territory of the United States. “We'll put an end to the poisoning of the American nation” He said.
HegeSetha's statement should be considered in the context wars with international drug cartelswhich Trump leads. Puerto Rico is to become an operational center for attacks on smuggling routes. According to the AP agency, F-35 fighters will be stationed in Puerto Rico, which will carry out operations.
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Drug war
The first military activities have already begun. On September 2, Trump announced that the American special unit shelled the boat in international waters near the Venezuela Coast. Łódź belonged to the Mafia TREM de Aragua, recognized by the United States as an international terrorist group. 11 people were killed.
“We shot down a drug with drugs, with a lot of drugs” Trump said. There are even more drugs in Venezuela, from where Łódź sailed. “Huge amounts that go to our country and kill our citizens.” Therefore – as he said – everyone “fully understands” his actions.
In the face of tensions with the United States, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro called reservists, policemen and young Venezuelans to participate in military exercises in barracks across the country.
As Trump emphasized, the army “goes to war” against the drug cartels operating in Latin America. Experts criticize that extraterritorial attacks They are not legally justified. There was a high -ranking US Navy officer on the American website dedicated to the Defense One military that usually the crew of a suspicious boat is called to stop, Łódź is searched and the crew arrested. The goal is not to enforce people on board.
While traveling around Latin America last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio replied such arguments, claiming that cartels are a “direct threat to the United States” and therefore the president has the right to take such actions.
US President Donald Trump, Washington, September 11, 2025.Saul Loeb / AFP
Trump can go on
The Trump administration also considers the use of the National Guard to be the necessary internal war. In June, the president sent the army to Los Angeles because he decided that local authorities and security forces could not master the situation after protests against the activities of the ICE immigration police. From mid -August, over 1,000 have been stationed in Washington in the streets. National Guard soldiers.
Similar scenes can be repeated at any time in Chicago, Baltimore and probably Boston. On Monday evening, the US authorities announced a large ICE operation in the multi -million Chicago metropolis, despite the strong opposition of the city authorities and the Governor of the Illinois state. According to information, “Midway Blitz” is to be directed against “criminal illegal immigrants”.
The announcement of the operation was preceded by the Supreme Court's decision. On Monday, he announced that the authorities could carry out Migrant controls in the Los Angeles region regardless of suspicions. In July, the court banned officers in Los Angeles to detain people for no reason, for example because of their appearance or language, without sufficient suspicions. The Supreme Court has not yet given the justification for its decision.
According to media reports, the Trump administration is considering sending 1 thousand. National Guard soldiers to large cities in the state of Louisiana. According to the Washington Post newspaper on Saturday, citing the Pentagon documents, the appropriate plan has already been developed. According to it, soldiers could support the local police in cities such as Nowy Orlean and Baton Rouge.
In the last month, Trump's popularity has increased again, which is related to his definite actions against immigrants and criminals. However, for an average US citizen, these issues are less important than the economic situation. In the latter issue, the support of voters for Trump's activities is much lower.
