Even the bold and brash Teddy Roosevelt knew in national defense it’s best to “speak softly but carry a big stick.” President Trump’s rebrand of the Defense Department as the War Department turns that inside out with all talk and no action.

The President says “it used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound,” as if a fierce name will offset feeble policy of failure to provide weapons to America’s ally in Ukraine.

The President has repeatedly backed down from threats of economic sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. His social media rants about Ukraine’s need to fire into Russia don’t match the toughness shown by old Joe Biden, who provided missiles capable of that mission.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, soon to be relaunched as the Secretary of Wa

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