Trump believes that Fort Bragg still honors a confederate general, but does not

President Donald Trump made a demonstration at the Fort Bragg of North Carolina on Tuesday, criticizing his predecessor Joe Biden for having changed the name of the fort, but does not seem to realize that, although again it is Fort Bragg, it no longer bears the name of the betrayal of the Confederate General Braxton Brag.

“Can you believe they changed that name in the last administration for a moment?” He asked the troops gathered from the army. “We restore the historical name of this very, very special place.”

In fact, however, Trump and his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, did not do such a thing. Instead, the fort now bears the name of Roland Bragg, a hero of World War II in the battle of the bulge.

The National Defense Authorization Law of 2020 required that military facilities in honor of Confederate officers were renowned. Trump vetoed him for that reason, but Congress annulled his veto and approved it.

Those who fought on the side of the Confederation during the Civil War are, by definition, traitors, having taken weapons against the United States.

Under Biden, a commission presented new names for Fort Bragg and eight other important facilities after requesting contributions from local communities. Fort Bragg became Fort Liberty in 2023.

But Trump, who had repeatedly praised the Confederation during his first term, promised to reverse Fort Liberty’s name to Fort Bragg, and doing the same for the other bases, during his campaign to recover his office.

“He knows his audience,” said Mac Stipanovich, a republican consultant for a long time in Florida who left the game after Trump took over. “Demons, I understand it. I am a 76 -year -old Sureño.”

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But neither Trump nor Hegseth could unilaterally undo the law that had prohibited the confederate names for the military bases, so Hegseth approved a plan to “change the name” of Fort Bragg after a different army officer with the same last name.

Another important base, Fort Moore in Georgia, saw his name return to Fort Benning, although neither after his original homonym.

The installation of the army is named after Henry Benning, another Confederate General who supported slavery. After the approval of the disposition in 2020, it was called Fort Moore, after the Vietnam War hero, Gregory Moore and his wife, Julia Moore, who helped create teams to notify families in person of their loved ones dead or injured.

Under Trump and Hegseth, the fort was called Fort Benning, only this time after Fred Benning, who received the distinguished Service Cross in World War I.

White House assistants did not respond to News themezone’s consultations about whether Trump understood that the names are no longer honoring the confederate officers.

“Remember, it was just that little short moment that was not called Fort Bragg. It was for the Biden administration, no Trump,” he said. “We changed it.”

Stipanovich, who said he is considered quite well informed, said he had assumed that Fort Bragg had been renamed after Braxton Bragg. “I don’t know who the Bragg is that is named now,” he said. “I doubt someone sat and informed Trump.”

In his speech on Tuesday, Trump said he would also restore the names of seven other bases that are named after the confederate officers.

“For small news, we are also going to restore the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort Ap Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee,” he promised.

However, unless Law 2020 was changed, Hegseth would have to find veterans with the same surnames as those seven other confederate traitors also, although it is not clear if an officer has been appointed “Robert E. Lee” in the history of the army that is not the officer in command of the confederate forces.