Watch as Pete Hegseth has his nameplate outside of his office changed from Secretary of Defense to Secretary of War. Video shared by Mr Hegseth on Friday (5 September) shows the switchover, which comes hours after Donald Trump signed an executive order which restores the original name of the government agency, which was ditched in 1947. Signing the order 24 hours earlier, Mr Trump said: “So we won the first World War. We won the Second World War. We won everything before that and in between. And then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So we're going Department of War.” The new name can only be used as a “secondary title” until Congress approves it, however the Pentagon's website and social media accounts have already switched to war.gov.

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

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Sept. 5, changing the name of the Department of Defense back to the \

The president has claimed the current name is too "politically correct."

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Friday that will officially change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

The department’s name was originally the ‘War Department’ until 1949, Mr Trump claiming it was changed to be ‘politically correct’

The president has claimed the current name is too "politically correct."

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order renaming the Department of Defense on Friday to its former namesake.

An executive order rebranding the Defense Department as "War Department" was due to be signed by President Donald Trump on Friday as he marked his 200th day in office.

Order directs Pete Hegseth to seek congressional approval for permanent change from Department of Defense

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth says the name change signals a more offensive approach for the US military under Trump.

The US president called the move a return to a time before America went ‘woke’.

Watch as Pete Hegseth has his nameplate outside of his office changed from Secretary of Defense to Secretary of War. Video shared by Mr Hegseth on Friday (5 September) shows the…