Is he about to start a war? Attack Iran again? Invade Venezuela? Invade Greenland? If he does so, he will probably not call it a war, but a military operation.
general1465 · 3h ago
Trump is a peaceful president. And war is peace.
minebreaker · 3h ago
Isn't it interesting that the name is the opposite in 1984. It's called the Ministry of Peace.
Feel free to down-vote, but what an absolute turd this guy is.
wrp · 5h ago
Wikipedia: The War Department existed for 158 years, from August 7, 1789, to September 18, 1947, when it split into the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force under the National Security Act of 1947, joining the Department of the Navy to form the National Military Establishment (NME). In 1949, the NME was renamed the Department of Defense (DOD).
It's personal taste, of course, but Department of Defense sounds mealy-mouthed to me. I actually like the idea of going back to the original name.
I’ve always been irritated that we called it that when it was active in so many non defensive theaters.
wardomainexpert · 8h ago
In domain-driven design (DDD), the ubiquitous language is a shared language that is used to describe the domain and the domain model. It’s a common language that is used by developers, stakeholders, and domain experts, to communicate and understand the business domain.
Domain-Driven Design explicitly emphasizes the importance of naming things properly with the notion of Ubiquitous Language. If you work in the domain of, say, invasion, killing, bombing, genocide, you probably shouldn’t name a Department of War as Defense Department. Department of War would be a more concise and specific option.
lioeters · 8h ago
Department of Organized Violence.
dc396 · 6h ago
What a particularly stupid way of distracting from the Epstein files.
bediger4000 · 9h ago
Given that the name "Department of Defense" is statutory, by what mechanism is Mr President doing this?
It's time for Congress to crack down on this outlandish behavior. Yes, Trump is president. No, Trump did not win by a landslide. No, current conservative grievances and policies are not blessed by god. No, Trump is not king. This kind of behavior needs to stop. The US is a republic, not a monarchy, let's keep it that way.
dlachausse · 8h ago
Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution states…
> The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States
That being said, I think it is silly to rename it, but I think a case can be made that he has the Constitutional authority to do so.
SG- · 6h ago
Just rename it Department of Trump and Gulf of Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministries_in_Nineteen_Eighty-...
It's personal taste, of course, but Department of Defense sounds mealy-mouthed to me. I actually like the idea of going back to the original name.
I’ve always been irritated that we called it that when it was active in so many non defensive theaters.
Domain-Driven Design explicitly emphasizes the importance of naming things properly with the notion of Ubiquitous Language. If you work in the domain of, say, invasion, killing, bombing, genocide, you probably shouldn’t name a Department of War as Defense Department. Department of War would be a more concise and specific option.
It's time for Congress to crack down on this outlandish behavior. Yes, Trump is president. No, Trump did not win by a landslide. No, current conservative grievances and policies are not blessed by god. No, Trump is not king. This kind of behavior needs to stop. The US is a republic, not a monarchy, let's keep it that way.
> The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States
That being said, I think it is silly to rename it, but I think a case can be made that he has the Constitutional authority to do so.