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President Donald J. Trump introduced Tuesday that his management will repair the unique names of a number of U.S. Army bases that had been renamed right through the Biden presidency, calling the former adjustments needless and politically pushed.
“For a little breaking news,” Trump mentioned right through a speech at Fort Bragg, “we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee.”
TRUMP WARNS ANY POTENTIAL PROTESTORS AT HIS MILITARY PARADE WILL BE ‘MET WITH VERY BIG FORCE’
President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Bragg, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Fort Bragg, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The crowd erupted in cheers and Trump persisted: “We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious. You know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious. We want to keep it going.”
The seven bases had been renamed in 2023 below a Pentagon directive performed by way of the Biden management, following a 2021 regulation handed by way of Congress.
TRUMP HONORS FALLEN AMERICAN HEROES, PRAISES GOD IN MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS: ‘GREAT, GREAT WARRIORS’
President Donald Trump arrives on the America 250 birthday party at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
The adjustments had been advisable by way of the Naming Commission to take away honors for Confederate figures. Trump made no point out of Fort Bragg’s identify alternate to Fort Liberty.
“That’s a big story,” he mentioned. “We just announced that today to you for the first time. They said, ‘Why didn’t you wait till Saturday?’ Said, ‘I can’t wait. I got to talk to my friends here today.’”
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An army parade is scheduled for Saturday, June 14 in Washington, D.C.
The White House has showed the recovery of the Army base names to Fox News Digital.
