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"Please stop using headlines with the form 'Trump does X' when X is something Trump lacks any legal authority to do." [View all]
Reposted by Mike Masnick
Julian Sanchez
@normative.bsky.social
Reporters, I beg you, please stop using headlines with the form “Trump does X” when X is something the president clearly lacks any legal authority to do.
Lewis Goodall
@lewisgoodall.com
· 14h
NEW: Donald Trump to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War”
“Restoring the name Dept of War will sharpen the focus of the Dept on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to defend its interests.”
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@normative.bsky.social
Reporters, I beg you, please stop using headlines with the form “Trump does X” when X is something the president clearly lacks any legal authority to do.
Lewis Goodall
@lewisgoodall.com
· 14h
NEW: Donald Trump to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War”
“Restoring the name Dept of War will sharpen the focus of the Dept on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to defend its interests.”
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reporters, I beg you, please stop using headlines with the form “Trump does X†when X is something the president clearly lacks any legal authority to do.
— Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T23:00:05.928Z
Lewis Goodall
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NEW: Donald Trump to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War”
“Restoring the name Dept of War will sharpen the focus of the Dept on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to defend its interests.”
September 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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NEW: Donald Trump to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War”
“Restoring the name Dept of War will sharpen the focus of the Dept on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to defend its interests.”
September 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NEW: Donald Trump to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of Warâ€
— Lewis Goodall (@lewisgoodall.com) 2025-09-04T22:48:54.061Z
“Restoring the name Dept of War will sharpen the focus of the Dept on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to defend its interests.â€
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