Trump signs order to change the name of the Ministry of Defense

president Donald Trump On Friday, his 200th executive order authorized the Ministry of Defense to restore its name back to the Ministry of War.

Speaking at the Oval Office, Trump said the new name “is a message of victory, a message of power to the world.”

“It’s about winning,” the president continued. “We should have won every war. We could have won all wars. But we do choose to be politically right or wake up.”

“We won World War I, we won World War II, we won everything before and between. Then we decided to wake up and change the name to Ministry of National Defense. Therefore, we are going to the War Department. ” he added.

Trump renames the Pentagon to restore the historic “Ministry of War”

Trump said the name was “a more appropriate name, especially given the current location of the world.”

“We have the most powerful army in the world. We have the greatest equipment in the world. We have the greatest people. So far, new equipment factories. No one can even compete.”

Turn to the Minister of Defense Pete HegsethTrump said as he smiled: “I would like to ask our War Minister to say a few words.”

Hegseth thanked Trump for signing the order saying the “changed” name restored the “warrior spirit” of the American military.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged new officials to remember graduate positions and always bear the feelings of each other. (Getty Image)

George Washington formed the War Department after winning a War War in 1789, and Henry Knox was his first War Minister. After that, the country won every war… 150 years after that, we renamed the Ministry of Defense after World War II in 1947, and in 1947, we pointed out that the President had not won the Senior War, and we had not won the Senior War. ”

“This name change is not just a renaming, it is also related to recovery,” the secretary said. “Voice is important. Mr. President restored our recovery, restored the spirit of the fighter, restored victory and clarity as the ending state, restored the intention to use force.”

Hegseth promised that the War Department “will fight decisively, not endless conflicts. It will be for victory, not for loss. We will continue to attack, not just defense. The greatest lethality, not for legality.

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A military member watched from the southern border. (Reuters)

According to the White House FACTEPT shared with Fox News Digital, the executive order calls for the War Department to be a secondary title for the Defense Department, as well as phrases such as Hegseth’s “Secretary of War.”

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It is unclear whether Congress, which has the power to establish a federal executive, needs to step in toward the final approval of the previous period. But Trump expressed confidence that the name will stick with it, saying: “We’re going to keep going, we’re very determined…but we’re putting it before Congress.”

Diana Stancy and Emma Colton of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.