One social media user said, “If you’ve spent the last decade begging for a Nobel Peace Prize,” rebranding the Defense Department as the Department of War is “not exactly a winning strategy.”

The US president has sought to refocus the department on "warfighting" and a "warrior ethos".

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of…