WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Sept. 5 changing the name of the Department of Defense to the "Department of War," reviving a name that was abandoned during a 1947 Cabinet reorganization.

A White House official confirmed Trump will order the name change. The president had suggested the change during remarks to reporters on Aug. 25.

“It used to be called the Department of War, and it had a stronger sound,” Trump said . “And as you know, we won World War I, we won World War II. We won everything.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote "DEPARTMENT OF WAR" in a post on X on Sept. 4.

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