President Donald Trump appears to be playing both sides with his recent push to restore the names of Army bases previously honoring Confederate military figures.
Civil unrest in the wake of 2020’s nationwide race protests culminated in former President Joe Biden’s decision to rename nine Army bases named after Confederate figures. On Tuesday, Trump announced that the Department of Defense would revert seven of those bases back to their original names, following the restoration of Fort Bragg and Fort Benning to their original names earlier this year.
“That’s the name, and Fort Bragg it shall always remain. That’s never going to be happening again,” the president said in a speech celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary at Fort Bragg on Tuesday. “We are also going to be
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