US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would change the name of the Pentagon back to “The War Department””In the next week or so”, Politico and other foreign media reported.
Donald Trump spoke to Lee Jae-myung at the White House Oval Office Tuesday
Donald Trump made the remarks during a Oval Office with South Korean president Lee Jae-myung at the White House. He said, “[ United States Secretary of Defense ] Peter Hegasse has done an excellent job in what I call the War Department. You know, we call him the Department of Defense now, but between us, I think we’re going to change the name.”
“If you want to know the truth, I think we’ll have some information soon,” Donald Trump added. “The renaming could be done in the next week or so.”
Donald Trump said he had been in contact with people to change the name and “Everyone likes it”.
Donald Trump has hinted repeatedly in recent weeks that the “War Department” could be reinstated. On June 25th Donald Trump, in a press conference after a NATO summit, called him “Minister of War” and said he would use the same title in the weeks ahead because “We feel like soldiers”. In response, some foreign netizens satirized that Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “Peace President,” would be keen to restore the “War Department.”. In March this year, Hegasse had proposed to restore the historical name of the Ministry of Defense”War Department”, caused a lot of controversy.