US Department of Defense to become Department of War? White House moving forward with Trump’s idea, says report

According to the report published by the Wall Street Journal  citing a White House official, Trump’s office is currently exploring options in which the renaming of the Department of Defense as the Department of War that can be smooth and facilitated seamlessly.

The ‘Department of War’ name for the defence department of the US was last used in 1947. According to American law, an act by the Congress can lead to the restoration of the US administration’s largest department’s name, leading White House officials to look up for other options.

Livemint could not independently verify the report as the White House did not officially confirm anything at the time of writing this article.

However, Donald Trump has been backing the idea since he took office.

“As Department of War, we won everything. We won everything,” the US President said on Monday referring to the wars America fought before WWII, according to the report.

“I think we’re going to have to go back to that,” he added.