Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names

[Zorro]

The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military.

President Trump, during a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C., said on Tuesday that he would restore the names of all Army bases that were named for Confederate generals but were ordered changed by Congress in the waning days of his first administration.

His move skirts the law mandating the removal of Confederate symbols from the military through the same maneuver used to restore the name of Fort Bragg, which was briefly renamed Fort Liberty. In a statement, the Army said it would “take immediate action” to restore the old names of the bases originally honoring Confederates, but the base names would instead honor other American soldiers with similar names and initials.

For example, Fort Eisenhower in Georgia, honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower — who led the D-Day landings during World War II — would revert to the name Fort Gordon, once honoring John Brown Gordon, the Confederate slave owner and suspected Ku Klux Klan member. This time around, however, the Army said the base would instead honor Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, who fought in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.

Mr. Trump, however, contradicted that explanation in his announcement, at one point saying that the Army would be “restoring” the name of one Army base in Virginia — Fort Gregg-Adams — to “Fort Robert E. Lee,” previously named for the commander of the Confederate army. The Army said in its statement that the base would be renamed to honor Pvt. Fitz Lee, a member of the all-Black Buffalo Soldiers who was awarded a Medal of Honor after serving in the Spanish-American War.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-army-base-rename-confederate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OE8.KaL1.UCLoBMUPcgVt&smid=url-share

How much is this stupid disingenuous traitorous stunt going to cost us?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Juneteenth and Emancipation Proclamation on the chopping block next? /nt

[Tim S]

2. I guess Trump loves to honor Losers & Killers of Federal Troops

[Johonny]

3. Trump surrenders to Lee . . .

[dlk]

4. The Confederacy lost the war

He’s naming the bases after losers. What a strategy!

[Prairie Gates]

5. Uh, that's not reverting to Confederate names - the little emperor is still forced to follow the law

For now, anyway.

[mainer]

6. When is "Fort Benedict Arnold" coming?

If they're going to name bases after traitors, might as well go all the way.

[Irish_Dem]

7. All of Trump's stunts are costing the US taxpayer a fortune.

[Xavier Breath]

10. We're just going to have a revolving door of base names.

We change it, he changes it back. We change it, Ivanka changes it back. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Yes, my unbridled optimism has us back in the white house. Maybe.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Yes the US will bounce back and forth between good and evil.

That is if we ever have free elections again.

[gab13by13]

8. Doing this won't gain him any popularity,

He is just showing off how powerful he is. This is a pretty weak stunt.

[sop]

12. Much like the ICE crackdown on immigrants, these stunts will make him more popular with his racist base.

[Conjuay]

9. Fair is fair-

Let's go back to HIS original name-
DRUMPF

Donnie Drumpf has such a nice , six year olds ring to it, don't you think?

[EYESORE 9001]

14. Onomatopoeia

‘Drumpf’ is the sound made when a 300-lb sack of shit hits the pavement.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

13. This makes the Army look like a bunch of Ku Klux Klansmen.

A real Army would be appalled at this racist shit.