September 2025: TRUMP PRESIDENCY U.S. Department of War: 'We're Back. We're Going to Fight to Win. Maximum Lethality, Not Tepid Legality'

U.S. Department of War: 'We're Back. We're Going to Fight to Win. Maximum Lethality, Not Tepid Legality'
"The Trump Administration has renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War.
The name change was made official during an Oval Office event on Friday afternoon. President Donald Trump, signing his

administration's 200th executive order, authorized the change. Trump said the Department of War is a "much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now." He also said the previous name sounded "woke."
We're So BACK. Fighting to win has been a quaint and distant memory based on our pre-1947 history. And now the Trump Administration openly is declaring to our enemies that we won't just play to a draw, but will FIGHT to WIN.
Pete Hegseth, the first Secretary of War since the department switched over after World War II, said the new name will convey a warrior ethos and a will to win. His message: "Words matter."
He continued:
"After winning a war for independence in 1789, George Washington established the War Department and Henry Knox was his first Secretary of War. This country won every war after that, to include World War I and World War II—total war.
And then 150 years after that, we changed the name... to the Department of Defense in 1947... and we haven't won a major war since. That's not to disparage our war fighters.
This name change is not just about renaming, it's ... restoring...the warrior ethos; restoring victory and clarity as an end state; restoring intentionality to the use of force.
The Department of War is going to fight decisively, not have endless conflicts. It's going to fight to win, not not-to-lose.
We're going to go on offense not just on defense. Maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're going to raise up warriors, not just defenders.
We're back." 

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