In pursuit of a long-held objective, US President Donald Trump will instruct the renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, reverting to the original name of the US military branch. This change will be implemented as a “secondary” title pending Congressional approval for an official name change.
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250905-trump-to-rename-defense-department-as-department-of-war
