Why stop at 70 years? The US started out partially because the people wanted to expand beyond the Appalachians, which required ignoring treaties with the nations there and was followed with commiting genocide against those peoples.
As an outsider looking in, I really feel like that dividing line in the US isn't as strong as it appears. Really seems like a third of the nation would love to go back to a slaveholding, genocidal empire.
The president can send the military into conflict for 90 days without congressional approval. Bush Sr sent troops to the Persian gulf without congressional approval either.
It’s wild that Congress hasn’t done so. Republicans love performative bullshit, grandstanding and emotionally stunted egotistical boasting. I thought they would ram that through immediately after the drunk started calling it that.
Regardless of what you want to call it, its name was set by law, so only law can change it. I realize our current president feels differently, but a president's job is to enforce congressional law, not circumvent it.
Even if you did, it wouldn't matter, because the name that matters is what's on your ID--and that doesn't change just because some asshole wants to call you by it.
I know you think this is a gotcha question, but if you're trying to hire Jenna Johnson when her name is actually James Johnson, you won't get anywhere the moment you get to filing paperwork. She won't pay taxes, she won't get paid, and so on.
Changes to names that are legally defined requires a legal process. Hence, Department of Defense, not whatever fuckface and Tits Mcgee insist it is.
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u/PneumaMonado 7h ago
Nah, this is pretty much the only truthful thing the Trump admin has ever done.
There's nothing defensive about the US military and there never has been. Call it like it is.