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underpants

(193,119 posts) Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:47 AM Sep 2

Per Fox - the 2:00 announcement is about the DOD. Probably changing to Dept. of War

The last part is my guess. I saw headlines over the weekend that Trump wants to change the name back to the Department of War.

From Fox in Facebook
TUNE IN: President Trump will be making a special announcement related to the Department of Defense at 2p ET, Karoline Leavitt tells FOX News' Jacqui Heinrich.

Somehow I got a fan medal from them. I rarely commented on their site and now it’s pretty much the first post I see. 🙄

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Per Fox - the 2:00 announcement is about the DOD. Probably changing to Dept. of War (Original Post) underpants Sep 2 OP

Yawns......... Lovie777 Sep 2 #1

Boooooring Prairie Gates Sep 2 #2

The more I think about it, gab13by13 Sep 2 #3

"a triumph of the embalmer's art" doubleplusgood Sep 2 #5

That's very reasonable underpants Sep 2 #6

The dork who thinks he earned the Peace Prize is WAR mongering. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2 #4

Another rebranding stunt like "Gulf of America." It gives the MAGA rubes LeftinOH Sep 2 #7

EPSTEIN, MALARIA, & MAXWELL SheltieLover Sep 2 #8

Stupid vanity project C_U_L8R Sep 2 #9

Changing contracts and MOU's I'd expect too underpants Sep 2 #10

Billions. Seriously. haele Sep 2 #16

Yup. Stupid Trump strikes again C_U_L8R Sep 2 #17

It would be just like him to later on put out an EO taxi Sep 2 #11

Looks like my guess was wrong. Moving Space Command from Colorado to Al Abama underpants Sep 2 #12

Actually, I had read and agreed with your OP taxi Sep 2 #13

With its current boss shouldn't it be called the Department of Duh-fense? Ping Tung Sep 2 #14

So my late husband's Military retirement will be from the Dept. of War now? ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2 #15

EPSTEIN DISTRACTION Tribetime Sep 2 #18

Lovie777

(20,359 posts)

1. Yawns.........

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:53 AM

Sep 2

Since India appears to be no longer USA’s friend, can the corporations return customer service jobs back to this country?

Prairie Gates

(6,307 posts)

2. Boooooring

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:56 AM

Sep 2

gab13by13

(29,839 posts)

3. The more I think about it,

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:06 AM

Sep 2

this is his proof of life appearance. His make up artists and hair dressers are probably working on him now. Lots of putty for the face and new make up to better hide the bandage on his hand.

He will probably be back to wearing his tie. Maybe he will drop down and do 20 pushups? Nah?

doubleplusgood

(976 posts)

5. "a triumph of the embalmer's art"

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:36 AM

Sep 2

As Gore Vidal once described Reagan, it is just as applicable to the Orange One.

underpants

(193,119 posts)

6. That's very reasonable

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:43 AM

Sep 2

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,642 posts)

4. The dork who thinks he earned the Peace Prize is WAR mongering. . . . nt

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:17 AM

Sep 2

LeftinOH

(5,584 posts)

7. Another rebranding stunt like "Gulf of America." It gives the MAGA rubes

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:49 AM

Sep 2

the impression that he's actually doing something.

SheltieLover

(73,775 posts)

8. EPSTEIN, MALARIA, & MAXWELL

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:23 AM

Sep 2

C_U_L8R

(48,126 posts)

9. Stupid vanity project

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:35 AM

Sep 2

Will cost millions on new signage, printed materials, etc

underpants

(193,119 posts)

10. Changing contracts and MOU's I'd expect too

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:30 AM

Sep 2

Letterhead.

haele

(14,607 posts)

16. Billions. Seriously.

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:08 PM

Sep 2

As someone before pointed out, all current references to the Department of Defense on contracts, official documents like directives, instructions, MOAs, MOUs, and Regulations must be "changed" and re-signed.
Legal Personnel records and orders - like hiring documents, training records, Veterans Affairs, retirement and and other official action documents need to be updated, or otherwise identified as still applicable despite the change of the department that issued the document or directive/order.
Also, changing the Department can open up all sorts of chances for messing around with internal regulations that define limits to uses of force or lethality.. a modern Department of War can be defined to have other strategic goals than a Department of Defense might have - including loosening the criteria for "First Strike".
The reason the Department of Defense was created was to consolidate the various War Departments for the Navy and the Army (and Air Force) under a single funding, supply, and strategic umbrella that Congress could manage at all times, both in peace and war, after the interdepartmental bickering and political issues that caused all sorts of waste and fatal miscalculations encountered during WWII (like - why were there no heavy cruisers at D-Day?)

It's not just changing the letterhead that's going to cost us with this change.