Trump's 'Department Of War' Rebrand Could Have Staggering Cost: Report

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Source: Huff Post

Nov 13, 2025, 03:19 PM EST | Updated 11 hours ago


A little over two months after President Donald Trump announced a rebrand of the Department of Defense to rename it the Department of War, an NBC News report citing six people with knowledge of the matter has revealed the potential cost: up to $2 billion.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth teased the change on social media in September, writing, “DEPARTMENT OF WAR” and linking to a related Fox News report. The White House then confirmed as much to HuffPost, with an executive order about the plan following after.

The rename would require thousands of signs, placards, letterheads and badges to be changed, according to two senior Republican congressional staffers, two senior Democratic congressional staffers and two anonymous people briefed on the cost, per NBC News. The four staffers and one of the people briefed added that new letterheads and signage alone could cost taxpayers $1 billion. The staffers said rewriting the code for all of the department’s websites and internal applications would also be significantly expensive.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told the outlet in an emailed statement that a total cost for the change has yet to be determined, but that the new name will be “permanent,” before blaming Democrats for the government shutdown and his lack of an exact figure. A Department of War existed previously, specifically from 1789 to 1947. Trump claimed in June it was renamed with “Defense” because “we became politically correct.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-department-of-war-rebrand-cost-report_n_69160ce6e4b0dd708f39aa25

[Bread and Circuses]

1. Who's Paying for This Latest Fiasco

[BumRushDaShow]

2. You and me and every other taxpayer will.

I remember starting work in a HHS agency about 4 years after the change from HEW (Health, Education, and Welfare), and there were STILL boxes and boxes of letterheads, pamphlets, guidance docs/booklets, forms, etc., at my local office, that had the old HEW moniker. And then not long after was the unveiling of the-then new HHS logo, and it took forever to get that proliferated.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Money is no object for their political stunts.

Of course there is no money for healthcare, education, science, vaccines, food for the poor, etc etc.

[mdbl]

4. Dump loves wasting taxpayer money.

I am still surprised he didn't call the "Department of War against Americans"

[republianmushroom]

5. So what, it is tax payer money and not theirs.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. Trump claimed in June it was renamed with "Defense" because "we became politically correct."

Ah yes, that politically correct year of 1947, when mandatory racial segregation was legally enforced, interracial marriage was outlawed, Jim Crow voting laws disenfranchised people of color, a woman couldn't serve on a jury, have a credit card, or file rape charges if she was married, etc. etc. etc.

[Mysterian]

7. The "fiscal conservative" republicans in charge of our government raised the debt ceiling by $5 TRILLION

just for fraud, waste, abuse shit just like this. Generations of Americans will be saddled with the republican debt and the people will receive nothing of value.

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

8. It would be the most honest thing that happens during Trump.

Quite probably the only honest thing. Just sayin'.

[DrFunkenstein]

9. Trump's Combat Experience Has Taught Him Many Lessons

About the importance of quality foot care.

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10. Kick