🚨 NO MORE ORWELLIAN NAMES: Trump Restores the Department of War
“It used to be called the Department of War. And we won everything.”
Trump just proposed re-renaming the ‘Department of Defense’—and going back to warfighters, not bureaucrats.
Here’s why it matters 🧵👇
“It used to be called the Department of War. And we won everything.”
Trump just proposed re-renaming the ‘Department of Defense’—and going back to warfighters, not bureaucrats.
Here’s why it matters 🧵👇
2/ Trump told @SecDef Pete Hegseth:
“What are we, defense? Why are we defense? I don’t want to be defense only. We want offense too.”
Then he gave the order: “We’re going back to the Department of War.”
And Hegseth replied: “That’s coming soon, sir.”
“What are we, defense? Why are we defense? I don’t want to be defense only. We want offense too.”
Then he gave the order: “We’re going back to the Department of War.”
And Hegseth replied: “That’s coming soon, sir.”
@SecDef 3/ "Defense Department" has always sounded too much like the "Ministry of Peace" and the "Ministry of Love" in Orwell's 1984.
It’s time for honesty. It's a small thing, yes. But a lot of small things add up.
And anyway: it was the Department of War for 158 YEARS!
It’s time for honesty. It's a small thing, yes. But a lot of small things add up.
And anyway: it was the Department of War for 158 YEARS!
@SecDef 4/ But it's also about the mission. How many wars have we won since it became the Department of Defense?
Trump:
“As the Department of War, we won World War I. We won World War II. We won everything. Now we have the Department of Defense… I don’t know.”
He knows exactly.
Trump:
“As the Department of War, we won World War I. We won World War II. We won everything. Now we have the Department of Defense… I don’t know.”
He knows exactly.
@SecDef 5/ The “Department of War” was founded in 1789.
It won our wars for 158 years.
Then Democrats renamed it in 1947.
That's the year we established the Military-Industrial Complex.
It's also when we started losing.
Trump wants that era over.
It won our wars for 158 years.
Then Democrats renamed it in 1947.
That's the year we established the Military-Industrial Complex.
It's also when we started losing.
Trump wants that era over.
@SecDef 6/ Hegseth wrote in 2024: “We have warriors, not ‘defenders.’ Bringing back the War Department may remind a few people in Washington what the military is supposed to do.”
Honesty brings clarity. It might even keep us out of some of the adventurism Neocons and Democrat prefer.
Honesty brings clarity. It might even keep us out of some of the adventurism Neocons and Democrat prefer.
@SecDef 7/ America doesn’t need a bureaucratic, retreating Pentagon.
We need a warfighting machine that:
✅ Deters evil
✅ Crushes enemies
✅ Wins wars
Trump has ended six wars in six months. He understands power.
He also understands the value of plain-spokenness.
We need a warfighting machine that:
✅ Deters evil
✅ Crushes enemies
✅ Wins wars
Trump has ended six wars in six months. He understands power.
He also understands the value of plain-spokenness.
@SecDef 8/ This isn’t about “militarism.” It’s about mission clarity.
No more Orwellian names.
No more soft bureaucratic language.
It’s time to say what we mean:
America will defend peace—by winning wars.
Not just fighting, dying and withdrawing.
No more Orwellian names.
No more soft bureaucratic language.
It’s time to say what we mean:
America will defend peace—by winning wars.
Not just fighting, dying and withdrawing.
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