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Trump’s Civil War Re-Enactment
Restoring Confederate Base Names Isn’t About “History” — It’s About White Supremacy
While the country was glued to their screens watching chaos unfold in Los Angeles, Donald Trump quietly lobbed a grenade into the heart of American values.
On June 10, he announced that he would restore the names of U.S. military bases that once honored Confederate generals — the same traitors who waged war against the United States in defense of slavery.
Let that sink in: Trump is resurrecting tributes to men who fought against the U.S. military. And lost.
Among the names being reinstated:
· Fort Pickett, renamed by Biden to Fort Barfoot, in honor of a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.
· Fort Hood, renamed Fort Cavazos, for the first Latino four-star general who served with distinction in Korea and Vietnam.
· Fort Rucker, changed to Fort Novosel, named after a Vietnam War hero and pilot who flew over 2,500 life-saving missions.
· Fort Polk, renamed Fort Johnson, after a Black WWI hero who defended his post while wounded and under siege.
These weren’t random renamings — they were corrections. Revisions not of history, but of honor.
