Trump Is No “President of Peace” He’s spoiling for war. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)President Trump’s recent decision to rename the Pentagon the War Department was applauded by at least some analysts across the political system. Despite Trump’s actual record, every once in a while, some pundit or think-tank analyst suggests that if Donald Trump’s true instincts were to kick in, he could become our unlikeliest “President of Peace.” Some suggest that it is the case because, after all, he desperately wants to get the Nobel Peace Prize. Others say Trump will change course and get on the path to peace because he has no fixed ideology, unlike the neocon faction among the Never Trumpers—the men and women who brought you the war in Iraq, which Trump trashed relentlessly in his 2016 presidential campaign. But Trump the potential conciliator and master dealmaker has done many things that suggest that he has no real interest in pursuing peace.