Words Are Trump's Weapons

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“I welcome you to the new Department of War—the era of the Department of Defense has come to an end.” With these words, Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, announced a radical change in the role and mission of his department and the Armed Forces. At the end of September, at an exceptional and forced meeting, Hegseth convened more than 800 U.S. Army generals and admirals at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia, a few kilometers fro…