Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth pose with the declaration of a US “Department of War” in the White House, Washington D.C., September 5, 2025EA-Times Radio VideoCast: Authoritarian Watch — Trump in “No Man’s Land” Over Epstein Files; Xi Props Up Putin and KimI spoke with LBC’s Matt Frei on Saturday about Donald Trump’s proclamation — unofficial unless Congress agrees to it — changing the US Department of Defense back to the “Department of War”. I take apart the Orwellian nonsense of a self-declared “anti-war” Trump, who avoided military service in Vietnam through an excuse of bone spurs in his feet, posing as a war commander. I dissect Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who falsely said he served as a Marine, booming about “lethal force” regardless of the law or Constitution. You can call it the Department of Defense, the Department of War, the Department of Cotton Candy. Is the department providing security for American, for US allies, and for others abroad?