• pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        4 days ago

        You’re right. I researched it, and it was just changed 6 months ago by Trump, who claimed the new name “sends a message of victory”

        but is still technically named the Department of Defense, as only an act of Congress can formally change the name of a federal department.

        Edit: Added info

        • frongt@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          4 days ago

          No. Trump declared it changed, much like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. Until there is an act of Congress changing the name, it is still the DoD, and the Kennedy Center is the Kennedy Center, and so on.

          • Ulrich@feddit.org
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            8
            ·
            4 days ago

            And it’s still the Gulf of Mexico. I used to call it “the gulf” but now I have to call it the Gulf of Mexico.