Pentagon gripped by 'frustration, anger and downright confusion' aimed at Trump: report
Source: msn/Raw story
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Outside of Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, there is little excitement within the Pentagon and among former defense officials to see the Department of Defense (DOD) renamed as the Department of War (DOW) with worries about cost, confusion and also how other nations will use the change for propaganda purposes.
According to a report from Politico, the long-anticipated rebranding landed with a thud on Friday as the president and the controversial Hegseth discussed it in an Oval Office press availability. Trump told reporters, We won World War I, we won World War II, we won everything before that and in between, and then we decided to go woke, and we changed the name to DOD. So, were going Department of War.
That was greeted with frustration, anger and downright confusion at the effort, which could cost billions of dollars for a cosmetic change that would do little to tackle the militarys most pressing challenges such as countering a more aggressive alliance of authoritarian nations, wrote Politicos Jack Detsch, Paul McLeary and Joe Gould.
One former defense official scoffed, This is purely for domestic political audiences. Not only will this cost millions of dollars, it will have absolutely zero impact on Chinese or Russian calculations. Worse, it will be used by our enemies to portray the United States as warmongering and a threat to international stability.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/pentagon-gripped-by-frustration-anger-and-downright-confusion-aimed-at-trump-report/ar-AA1M0xur

Blues Heron
(7,545 posts)He must go now
Pukes: make it happen. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
pat_k
(11,738 posts)Redeem yourselves. Redeem the nation.
A showdown looms. The time is now. 47 has proven how weak he is. If not for the sake of your souls, then for the sake of your political survival.
If you refuse to impeach and remove 47 and his co-conspirator Vance for the countless violations of the constitution and common decency, then at least impeach and remove town-drunk Hegseth. At least impeach and remove the lunatic RFK, Jr.
And come to terms with reality. You cannot fund this lunatic regime without concessions. For starters, reverse the MAGA Murder Budget Medicaid cuts, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, restore USAID funding, and assert your constitutional power to END 47's tariff insanity.
Prairie Gates
(6,259 posts)Yes, the notoriously woke...late 1940s and early 1950s.
He's insane, and his followers who eat this shit up are morons.
pat_k
(11,738 posts)Key Events:
1947:
The National Security Act was passed, abolishing the Department of War and creating the National Military Establishment, which merged the Army, Navy, and the newly created Air Force under a single civilian-headed department.
1949:
The National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense. This name change was enacted by Congress to reflect the broader duties of the unified department, including national security and foreign policy, as well as to emphasize the goal of preventing war in the emerging nuclear age.
summer_in_TX
(3,816 posts)Psychologically it's far easier to sell everyone on the need for spending on defense than it is for war.
MadameButterfly
(3,534 posts)When is everyone going to stop listening and start ignoring orders?
That all that has to happen to end this
OldBaldy1701E
(9,040 posts)The programming worked.
erronis
(21,261 posts)hildegaard28
(780 posts)Change probably won't go over well with his base, either. He convinced so many of them that he would be this tiny dove of peace and end wars and prevent our involvement in others. Since he was inaugurated, he's been talking about invading other nations, both friendly and unfriendly. Sure, there are those who are fully on board with this, but they aren't the types that voted for him because he promised peace. People need to be scared away from him. Democrats can do that by planting the idea in their heads that Trump will bring back the draft. It's an inevitable consequence of his decisions, and it will shrink his support even more.
mwb970
(11,949 posts)I mean, this is getting ridiculous. The American body politic is rejecting trump the way the human body rejects a foreign, disease-bearing organism. It's time to ditch him.
PSPS
(14,913 posts)I guess the great minds at politico have been hibernating. This is precisely the alliance trump wants to join.
DoBW
(2,774 posts)Kegsbreth loves the smell of trump shit in the morning
... smells like losing
Norrrm
(2,970 posts)
AverageOldGuy
(2,948 posts)Friend of mine with whom I served in Vietnam has a son who is an Army general officer with more than one star.
Talking with my friend today, his son is pissed, frustrated, very concerned about how our allies and adversaries see us but the worst part is that according to him most of the officer corps and senior NCO corps, and a good portion of the troops are at the "I didn't sign up for this shit" stage.
BurnDoubt
(1,014 posts)and the Military are in the bag for the Bosch.
The GOP has a lot to answer for.
MadameButterfly
(3,534 posts)so that when Trump asks them to fire on protesters enough of them won't do it.
If they quit, we'll only have the criminals left, who will do anything.
hay rick
(9,043 posts)
area51
(12,434 posts)THIS.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,451 posts)It's because the imbecile knows more than everybody, including the Generals.
BidenRocks
(2,188 posts)A small percentage are combatants.
The rest are techs, support, logistics, security and every other job needed to run a city, with an attached military of ground troops.
Kegseth is selling a load of crap! We are not buying !
pat_k
(11,738 posts)IcyPeas
(24,215 posts)Watch this little twerp. He's talking at trump. Just more theater! The arm movements... the inflection. It's sickening
Pete Hegseth says the Trump administration is restoring the name of Department of War because the US "hasn't won a major war since" it was renamed the Department of Defence.
— Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) 2025-09-05T20:25:45.883Z
These people are breathtakingly stupid.
pat_k
(11,738 posts)underpants
(192,940 posts)I was thinking about this a bit ago.
Is it to make Kegsbreath look stronger?
Queso Delicioso
(81 posts)C'mon joint chiefs, you know you wanna...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(128,590 posts)AverageOldGuy
(2,948 posts). . . that Hogsbreath wants to change the name of the Army to "Wehrmacht" and the Air Force to "Luftwaffe"?
He wants the services to be:
Dept. of Ground Warriors
Dept. of Sea Warriors
Dept. of Air Warriors
Dept. of Space Warriors
Marines (you don't mess with the Marines!)
OldBaldy1701E
(9,040 posts)**Looks over the history of the United States and its interactions with the world**
Yeah, because we have never done any of that before ... ever... not once...
(I should move before the lightening flies into the window here...)
travelingthrulife
(3,241 posts)All those oaths to protect our country that you guys brag about all the time yet they are tearing our country apart and our military, Congress and judiciary are allowing them to do it.