
"We don't like being politically correct, so we're not going to be politically correct anymore,"
"From now on when we fight a war, we only fight for one reason: to win."
"Under the Trump administration, we are restoring the pride and the winning spirit of the United States military,"
"That's why we have officially renamed the Department of Defense back to the original name, Department of War."
President Trump declared a shift away from political correctness and framed military action as solely aimed at winning. He announced renaming Veterans Day to 'Victory Day for World War I' and reverting the Department of Defense to its original name, Department of War, as part of restoring military pride. U.S. forces are conducting a campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against alleged 'narco-terrorists,' with strikes killing 76 people since September and raising bipartisan legal questions. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group entered the U.S. Southern Command area to support the mission. The White House used a disputed workaround to continue paying troops during a government lapse.
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