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Trump to rebrand "Pentagon" as "Penthouse"

No, not really.But:-"Trump faces criticism over to order to rebrand Pentagon as ‘Department of War’Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics where opponents have criticised Donald Trump’s expected move to rebrand the Department of Defense as the “department of war”.The president is expected to sign an executive order on Friday authorizing the rebrand, the White House said, as part of an attempt to formalize the name change without an act of Congress.The order will designate “department of war” as a “secondary title”, an administration official said, as a way to get around the need for congressional approval to formally rename a federal agency.But the order will instruct the rest of the executive branch to use the “department of war” name in internal and external communications, and allows the defense secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials to use “secretary of war” as official titles.Trump and Hegseth have been publicly pushing for the rebrand for weeks, claiming the change would present the US military as more aggressive to the world by reverting to the name that was used when the US was victorious in the first and second world wars.“Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was the Department of War,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last week. “Then we changed it to Department of Defense.”The move could cost tens of millions of dollars, with letterheads and signs on buildings in the US and at bases worldwide possibly needing to be changed.But there has been criticism over the move. Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth – a war veteran who lost both her legs serving in Afghanistan and who is now a member of the armed services committee – said:'Why not put this money toward supporting military families or toward employing diplomats that help prevent conflicts from starting in the first place?Because Trump would rather use our military to score political points than to strengthen our national security and support our brave service members and their families - that’s why'"Strange. What does Trump think that the "D" stands for in IDF?

David Ainsworth ● 44d3 Comments

Perhaps now David I understand your logic which I think is as follows:Most of your posts are about Israel and ignore the UK's participation but you do not hold the UK government accountable because ultimately you want to be ruled by the USA.To covertly fund journalists is a attack on democracy who ever does it.Democracies rely on information and this corrupts one of the vital sources that citizens use to make decisions.Poor information poor democracy.One would have to conclude that many on the Left as well as the right do not really believe in democracy!

Ed Robinson ● 43d

Another one."Even the NRA is against Trump team plan to ban trans people from owning firearmsSecond Amendment groups fire back at Justice Department over potential proposals to block trans people from possessing guns""The Department of Justice is in the early stages of developing a proposal to prohibit trans Americans from possessing firearms, marking a dramatic reversal of the Trump administration’s pledges to preserve Second Amendment rights while escalating the president’s attacks against trans people.The proposal comes in the wake of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church allegedly committed by a 23-year-old trans woman, which has fueled conspiracy theories and right-wing outrage baselessly alleging trans people are predisposed to commit violence.Restricting trans people from firearms is designed “to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell,” a Justice Department official told CNN."Yet Trump is entrusted with the nuclear button.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-transgender-gun-ban-nra-second-amendment-b2821095.html

David Ainsworth ● 43d

I wasn't aware that the US was "victorious in the first world war"?

Michael Brigo ● 44d