President Donald Trump announced Monday that the Department of Defense might soon be receiving a name change. (AP/Alex Brandon)
When asked about the name change at another White House event Monday, Trump told a reporter "We're just going to do it."
"I'm sure Congress will go along if we need that. I don't think we even need that. But, if we need that, I'm sure Congress will go along," Trump also said. You know, that was the name when we won World War One. We won World War Two. We won everything. And, just to me, seems like just a much more appropriate. The other is, defense is too defensive. And we want to be defensive, but we want to be offensive too, if we have to be. So it just sounded to me like a better name."
TRUMP ANNOUNCES HE IS 'RESTORING' THE NAMES OF SEVERAL BASES CHANGED UNDER BIDEN
The Department of Defense logo is seen ahead of a press conference at the Pentagon in October 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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"The change rescinded the cabinet-level statuses of Army, Navy and Air Force secretaries and made them all subordinate to the secretary of defense, whose authority and responsibilities increased," the Department of Defense website says.
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