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On December 23, 2020, President Donald Trump followed up on his promise to veto the massive military spending law, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), for a measure to rename military bases named after Confederate generals, who wanted to keep slavery legal.

However, both the House and Senate suspended their veto on December 28 and January 1, respectively, and renaming is now beginning as the Pentagon just named the first four members of its eight-member renaming committee yesterday.

The renaming of bases was part of a move that Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren had incorporated into the NDAA. She gave the Department of Defense three years to remove Confederate names, symbols, monuments and other honors from military bases, buildings, roads, ships, planes and weapons and equipment according to Politico.

The committee has until October 2022 to come up with a plan for which things should be renamed and possibly alternative names created with contributions from local communities.

On July 1, 2020, Trump wrote: “I will veto the Defense Authorization Act if Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren’s change (of all things!) The renaming (and other bad things!) From Fort Bragg, Fort As a result, Robert E. Lee and many other military bases, two of which we won world wars, are up for grabs! “

Given how many of Trump’s supporters waved Confederate flags at his pre-riot rally and during the search of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, it explains why he firmly refuses to remove the names of treacherous Confederate military leaders who oppose the Federal government fought and American blood shed for the US “right” to own, rape, torture and kill black slaves.

By vetoing the bill, Trump also opposed a troop pay raise, prevented funding for women-specific uniforms and body armor, and ended funding to support the quality of life of service members and their families, including measures this year to support military education for children with special Needs whose families have to move school districts frequently, ”according to NBC News.

Members of Trump’s own party have teamed up with Democrats to stop him, and now the Confederate legacy is being wiped out by the US military.