"So, today I gave [reporters] about a three-hour press conference on changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, because you know, we won World War I, World War II, everything in between and everything in front of it. It was called the Department of War And then we went woke after the Second World War. Incredible victory. And we said, Let's change it to Defense. And look."
"War means something. It means we're not gonna have any problems. We don't want problems with people. And I've kept us out of wars. I've solved wars. But the way you solve wars is through strength. And that's what we are. We make the best equipment in the world. We have the best soldiers. We have the most powerful military in any in the world."
"However, the Department of War, which until 1947 referred to the U.S. Army, was actually renamed to the Department of the Army under the newly created Department of Defense. The move was one of several provisions in the 1947 National Security Act, which was passed by Congress before President Harry Truman signed it in July of that year."
Donald Trump repeated a misconception that the Department of War was renamed the Department of Defense after World War II and accused those responsible of going "woke." The Department of War referred to the U.S. Army until 1947 and was renamed the Department of the Army under the newly created Department of Defense. That change was part of the 1947 National Security Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Harry Truman in July 1947. Trump signed an executive order declaring the department should be called the Department of War and the head the Secretary of War, though only Congress can change the statutory name.
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