{"id":26866,"date":"2025-09-14T02:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=26866"},"modified":"2025-09-14T02:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:05:05","slug":"people-terrified-as-pete-hegseth-explains-what-new-war-department-will-do-after-changing-defense-name-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=26866","title":{"rendered":"People terrified as Pete Hegseth explains what new &#8216;War Department&#8217; will do after changing defense name"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header_header__gD613\">\n<div class=\"article-header_meta__N4zeN\">\n<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">Donald Trump claimed the rebrand was combating the &#8216;woke&#8217; renaming decision that took place after WWII<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-header_metaWrapper__P4a1g\">\n<div class=\"article-header_shareLink__FtU9x\">\n<div class=\"share-link_container__q9th7\">\n<div class=\"share-link_desktopTabletShareArrowWrapper__Gchyi\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"share live post\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-template_body__RWRhb\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>People are up in arms after Defense Secretary Pete Hasgeth explained why the Trump administration elected to change the Pentagon\u2019s name after almost eight decades.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"ozlsm69fed628db90e\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.ozlsm69fed628db90e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.ozlsm69fed628db90e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.ozlsm69fed628db90e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.ozlsm69fed628db90e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.ozlsm69fed628db90e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On Friday (September 5),\u00a0US President Donald Trump, 79, signed his latest and subsequent 200th executive order (E.O.) &#8211; a directive\u00a0renaming the Department of Defense\u00a0(DoD) to \u2018The Department of War\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cWe won World War I, we won\u00a0World War II, we won everything before that and in between, and then we decided to go woke, and we changed the name to DoD. So, we\u2019re going Department of War,\u201d the\u00a0businessman\u00a0explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI think it&#8217;s a much more appropriate name, in light of where the world is right now,&#8221; Trump said in\u00a0the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;It sends a message of victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU resizable-image_lowRes__5OkaL resizable-image_fadeOut___ZcLy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 33vw, (max-width: 768px) 50vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 33vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=256&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 256w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=384&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 384w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0b5a25c232bfe1d2\/68bc42f40f39397c8be998a1\/Screenshot_2025-09-06_at_15.13.46.png 3840w\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagons new name (X\/@EdKrassen)\" width=\"487\" height=\"555\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagons new name (X\/@EdKrassen)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Trump added that his agency \u2018know how to rebrand without having to go crazy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The move restores the name the agency, colloquially known as\u00a0the Pentagon, last held in 1949,\u00a0according to\u00a0Sky News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Historians said the name was changed to show the US was focused on preventing further conflict after the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Announcing his take on the name alteration, Defense Secretary\u00a0Pete Hegseth, 45, said that the newly rebranded \u2018War Department\u2019 is \u2018is going to fight to win, not not to lose.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to go on offense, not just on defense. Maximum lethality. Not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We\u2019re gonna raise up warriors, not just defenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cMr President, this War Department &#8211; just like America &#8211; is back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He added the decision will hopefully \u2018set the tone for the country\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In a further update posted to social media, Hegseth wrote: \u201cThe motto of my first infantry platoon was: \u201cThose who long for peace, must prepare for war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cThe War Department will be prepared\u2014every day &amp; in every way\u2014to ensure our citizens live in peace. Peace through strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">According to a fact sheet, Trump\u2019s executive order authorizes Hegseth to refer to himself as \u2018Secretary of War\u2019 in all official communications,\u00a0as per\u00a0Politico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">This has seemingly already been actioned, with a viral 12-second video posted to X, formerly known as\u00a0Twitter, showing a door plaque with his new title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The fact sheet also stated that the Department of War will serve as a secondary name, which may allow Hegseth to implement the action without having to actually broach law changes with Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Trump and Hesgeth\u2019s actions have set the internet ablaze, with experts and social media critics alike having their say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cIt is a very dangerous environment,\u201d Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said, as per Politico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cFor the president and the secretary of defense to spend time and energy [on a] distraction from what we need to do\u2014to focus on the readiness of our troops who are serving\u2014[is] nothing more than an effort to distract from other issues that are going on in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Meanwhile, Democratic Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey said the renaming was a childish idea, adding: &#8220;Americans want to prevent wars, not tout them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU resizable-image_lowRes__5OkaL resizable-image_fadeOut___ZcLy\" 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this administration. I do not like the change. Makes it seem we are in business for the sake of war. I do not like war. Been there. Do not recommend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cSecretary of Defense to Secretary of War? Let\u2019s go improve them all. Treasury Secretary \u2192 Master of Coin. National Security Advisor \u2192 Lord of Whispers. Secretary of the Navy \u2192 Master of Ships. Attorney General \u2192 Keeper of Justice,\u201d joked someone else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Another commented: \u201cKind of scary, are we preparing for the War??\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cSomething tells me that they were prepared for this change,\u201d wrote a fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Pentagon&#8217;s website changed to\u00a0war.gov\u00a0late on Friday, along with the headline &#8216;U.S. Department of War&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Featured Image Credit: YouTube\/ABCNews<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump claimed the rebrand was combating the &#8216;woke&#8217; renaming decision that took place after WWII People are up in arms after Defense Secretary Pete Hasgeth explained why the Trump administration elected to change the Pentagon\u2019s name after almost eight decades. On Friday (September 5),\u00a0US President Donald Trump, 79, signed his latest and subsequent 200th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,17,11,20,24,15,12,25,22,18,16,21,14,23,13],"class_list":["post-26866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chronic-diseases","tag-fitness","tag-health-tips","tag-healthcare-technology","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-healthy-living","tag-medical-advice","tag-medical-awareness","tag-medical-research","tag-mental-health","tag-nutrition","tag-patient-care","tag-preventive-care","tag-public-health","tag-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>People terrified as Pete Hegseth explains what new &#039;War Department&#039; will do after changing defense name - VM News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=26866\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People terrified as Pete Hegseth explains what new &#039;War Department&#039; will do after changing defense name - VM News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Donald Trump claimed the rebrand was combating the &#8216;woke&#8217; renaming decision that took place after WWII People are up in arms after Defense Secretary Pete Hasgeth explained why the Trump administration elected to change the Pentagon\u2019s name after almost eight decades. 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