On Friday, the United States President signed a executive order to change the name of the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of War, suggesting that America has the “strongest army”, but experts quote that it will cost taxpayers over $ 1 billion, said independent.
The article published on Thursday by Politico said that the change in the name could cost billions of dollars as hundreds of Pentagon agencies, it will be necessary to update its global bases, stationery and other markings.
However, after the fire that is needed to change the name, Trump told reporters on Friday, as independent: “Not much. We know how rebrand without being crazy.”
Despite the promise of Trump’s administration to reduce unnecessary expenses, the change in the name will cost government money, he added.
In early February, the budget of the fiscal year Biden Administration 2026 – about $ 50 billion or 8 percent – was designed to reduce Trump’s priorities by the Pentagon. This included border security and “termination of radical and unnecessary government programs Dei and preferences”, a report of the Minister of Defense Minister – Robert G. Salesses – quoted a press release daily – at that time.
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Trump supported the proposal to change the name and stated that the name of the Pentagon has been changed several times in the last month.
When he talked to reporters, Trump said, “Everyone likes we had an incredible history of victory when it was the Ministry of War.”
Earlier, at the end of the 1940s, after the end of World War II, the name of the Pentagon was changed to the Ministry of Defense.
In an interview with Fox & Friends on Wednesday, the Secretary of the Pete Hegseth war, as the independent quoted, “we won the First World War and won the Second World War, not with the Ministry of Defense, but with war departments-War Ministry.
Meanwhile, the US President also mentioned that the proposal would submit to the congress. Trump asked if the congress would codify the change of name in the law, he said, “I don’t know … but I’m not sure it has to. But he said,” Dalme before congress. “
It is worth noting that the Republicans have already introduced legislation in the House and the Senate to rename the Pentagon of the Ministry of War.
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