When Donald J. Trump announced that he would restore the Department of Defense to its original name — the War Department, the critics instantly howled.
The predictable chorus accused him of warmongering, indulging in outdated machismo, or playing to nationalist optics. But Trump’s decision is neither cosmetic nor nostalgic. It’s a deliberate act: a recentering of America’s values around honesty, purpose, and strength.
This change is not about semantics. The word “defense” implies passivity, a posture of waiting and reacting.
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