Comment by zzzeek
7 hours ago
"that the raid was conducted by the justice department and FBI at the request of the “department of war”, the Trump administration’s informal name for the department of defense."
uh oh sounds like the Guardian is asking for a raid too
The Guardian is not an American newspaper.
Not sure why they call the name ("Department of War") informal. Seems pretty formal to me. It's displayed on the building.
It takes an act of Congress to change the name. Trump just made one of his dictatorial proclamations.
It was originally named the department of war, and changing it to defence was just newspeak anyway.
Of all the things trump has done, I actually like this one. At least he’s being honest about his intentions for what this department does.
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