US military bases to restore names changed after racial justice protests, Trump says [View all]
Source: Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the military would rename bases which were changed after racial justice protests in 2023, including reverting to Fort Lee originally named after Civil War-era Confederate commander Robert E. Lee.
Under the Trump administration, the Pentagon has already renamed Fort Moore back to its original name of Fort Benning and Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been able to sidestep a Congressional provision that banned bases having Confederate names by renaming bases after people with the same names as the Confederate officials.
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During Trump's speech at Fort Bragg, some audience members, including those in uniform, cheered as the president made the announcement. They also jeered at the press as Trump pointed towards reporters and called them "Fake News" and applauded as he took shots at his predecessor, Joe Biden.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-bases-restore-names-changed-after-racial-justice-protests-trump-says-2025-06-10/
Trump said the military would be renaming Fort Gregg-Adams (previously Fort Lee) "Fort Robert E. Lee" and the Pentagon had to issue a statement that their renaming it would be to honor "Private Fitz Lee, a Medal of Honor recipient from the Spanish-American War."
This is a racist, anti-American charade by clowns. But they want to keep their white supremacist followers happy and restore those old names.
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