# The current second Trump administration: a compendium of horrors **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774 "2024-11-06T09:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2211
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774/2211 "2025-09-06T02:38:24Z")
> [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > Trump wants to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of WAR. He doesn’t just want to. He did it: [U.S. Department of War](https://www.war.gov/) > [@](#): > > DOD is now DOW > [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > Does Trump want the new name to justify waging aggressive warfare on other nations? Two possible wars are mentioned here, but maybe Venezuela is coming first. > [@Trump now wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691): > > I’ve heard in the news that Trump wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland. Isn’t that blatant U.S. imperialism? That would be armed aggression against two friendly countries. He wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. That wouldn’t be recognized under international law, would it? What other kinds of criminal misadventures has this fascist megalomaniac got planned? But as for why Trump wants it, who knows? My guess is that he wants attention and needs to find something controversial to do on a daily basis.. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-second-trump-administration-a-compendium-of-horrors/1009774)._