US President Donald Trump has once again opposed the renaming of military bases named after the military leaders of the Confederation.
“Fort Bragg”, “Fort Robert Lee” – the forts bore these names for a long time, decades. I don’t care what the military says. I must make the decision. No one even knows who General Bragg is. And what do we call it? We won two world wars, two wonderful world wars, brutal and terrible, and we won them from Fort Bragg, we won them from all these forts. And now they want to get rid of these names. I am against it”, – he said.
The President confirmed that he is ready to veto the draft defense budget for fiscal 2021 if there is a provision for renaming the forts.