Donald Trump’s “War Department” will only bring blood and destruction | Judith Levine

Friday, Donald Trump Signed an executive order Restore the original name of the Ministry of Defense, namely the Ministry of War.

The name Trump is “more voice” Tell August reporter. He added: “As the Ministry of War, we won everything and I think we will have to go back to that.” In June, NATO summithe called the Secretary of Defense, his “Minister of War” to Pete Hegseth.

In the War Department, Trump and Hegseth saw the manifestation of the revival of the “warrior spirit”, allegedly losing victory in the “awakening” of the armed forces. Heggs has Believed Women do not belong to the battlefield and Dei (diversity, equity and inclusion), making the American combat forces “full”. Introduce bills Republican Sen. Greg Steube, Florida, said the new name would “pay “honor” to the “fatal promise” of combatants from past times.

The President pretended to be a trader for his peace, and now has a named department to reflect his outstanding performance as a warrior king.

In a sense, the government habitually brings things to the opposite – the executive order of January 20 ended the weaponization of the federal government; the “Ministry of Government Efficiency” produced by waste and chaos is a time to tell the truth. The War Bureau was established in 1789 and became the Ministry of National Defense in 1949. It amended the National Security Act of 1947, unifying the branches of the military. But the Ministry of Defense has never been the Ministry of Defense. This is a war department.

The last time the United States declared a war – or had to defend it – in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Nevertheless, the Pentagon has launched at least four undeclared wars as it has been the “defense” unit. Trump is right: we didn’t win. The Korean War was an attraction. In Vietnam, we are completely lost. After hundreds of thousands of deaths, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan has made these countries and the region more unstable and plagued by terrorism. The United States’ participation continues 200 More than half of military interventions have been made since the end of the Cold War in 1989.

Trump will become a peaceful president. “I won’t start a war,” he promise In his 2024 victory speech. “I want to stop the war.” Soon after, this oath was broken and these interventions were continuously improved.

Ten days of his second term, Trump fought the next chapter of the war on terrorism. Launch an air strike In northwestern Syria, one day later, in Somalia. exist MovingHe attacked the Hotti militants in Yemen, who controlled the transportation routes in the Red Sea. Action – Covered by unintentional death Dozens of immigrants In the detention center and lost $67.4 million fighter jetfrom the aircraft carrier to the sea – yes stop 51 days later. Trump allowed Husseth no longer “want to fight again”, a charge from a Houthi leader.

In late June, after Israel fired missiles at Iran, the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. president, withdraw The United States from the multilateral – or as he calls it “unilateral” – the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was held with the country a few weeks ago during his first term. On both parties objectionhe still attacked.

A few hours later, White House Television AddressTrump claimed that the strike was aimed at “destroying Iran’s nuclear abundance capabilities” and declared Salvo a “spectacular” success. At the same time, he warned Truth Social Any Iranian retaliation that kills Americans will “beaten far more than the force witnessed tonight.” and World support For the fire in range, Trump boast For NATO: “Now, this incredible practice of American power paves the way for peace, a historic ceasefire agreement was reached late Monday.” July The deadliest month The Gaza War. In August, as Israel continues to starve Palestinians, no supportive experts Announce Israel’s “artificial famine” swallowed up Northern California.

A few weeks after the attack, we intelligence It concluded that they had hardly dents on Iran’s nuclear energy. Needless to say, this upset the Commander-in-Chief, August, Heggs Turn on fire The general’s agent conducted these assessments.

This summer, the US’s “war on drugs” was informally militarized, including invasion of other countries. Last week, the President Announce That naval ship – one of three ships outside Venezuela – was there “shot” a ship carrying narcotics and was driven by members of the Tren de Aragua trafficking gang. 11 people were killed. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Called a ship A “luxury, unreasonable, immoral, absolute crime and bloody threat” and keeps its own army alert to attacks near home. Last month, Trump directed the military to hunt down drug cartels in Mexico, which President Claudia Sheinbaum called “Invasion”. Then there is Greenland, where Trump vows to declare the attachment in one way or another.

accomplish”Peace through strength”, Trump’s budget proposal for 2026 Ministry of Defense exceeds $1TNup 13% from the previous year. Even the Ministry of Defense Require Less: Only $96.16 billion. this $831.5 billion war box What Congress finally approved includes funding for projects closest to Trump, well, Heart-Continental-wide Golden Dome Space Defense System, which he said will protect “homes” last week to protect “homes.”Hundreds of years“.exist possibleTrump and Heggs said the system could be built in three years and cost $12.5 billion. Congress allocated about $13 billion in preliminary developments. But other calculations make numbers between $2.5TN and $6.2TN. In addition to the suspicious feasibility and cost, expert Warning the project will accelerate the arms race. Strength, maybe. Peace is not that much.

In 1936 speech Franklin Delano Roosevelt, considering his reluctance to join the European war, insisted that the United States “can best serve the cause of peaceful mankind by setting an example.” During World War I, Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the Navy, and trauma was fresh. He saw “wrecked blood”, “destroyed cities”, “starved”, “pain of mother and wife”, and he said: “I hate war.”

Trump, by contrast, is praised for his end Seven Wars And thinks he deserves the Nobel Prize, his skirt waving his military service, and only sees war on TV. However, he liked it – most importantly, he was intoxicated by the commander-in-chief. His first military self-training – Mark the birth of etiquette A new American fascism – is a bankrupt, so now he is planning another.

Trump’s War Department polished his vanity, but it was more than just a vanity project. It’s luxurious and expensive. It will occupy our city. Now, with the deed, it celebrates the state and the president as the invaders, conquerors, unrestrained international workers and anything so “awakened” peace.