New Republic
With the news that President Donald Trump has taken a sudden interest in renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” one has to wonder: Was the U.S. military really in need of some kind of hypermuscular rebrand? If anything, Trump’s renaming stunt should remind us of a basic fact: The United States is a country that makes war as a matter of course…
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The “Department of War” Is the Most Honest Thing Trump Has Ever Done
With the news that President Donald Trump has taken a sudden interest in renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” one has to wonder: Was the U.S. military really in need of some kind of hypermuscular rebrand? If anything, Trump’s renaming stunt should remind us of a basic fact: The United States is