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Around the time Hegseth was appointed secretary of war. It's a trump thing.

Edit: so it's been around for longer, but the Trump regime seems to love it bigly so I'm sticking with my observation.

It's a trump regime thing.

this is false, it's been around for a while

No it's 100% these idiots pushing their fascist propaganda just like they tried to "rename" the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Most members of the military never even see actual fighting.

It is not a Trumpism. As an example, it has been on Wiktionary since 2008, well before Trump.

https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=warfighter&actio...

It’s been a term in rare-to-moderate use since the 1990s — Trump/Hegseth ramped it up to 11 and it’s every 3rd word out of Hegseth’s mouth because he thinks it sounds tough.

If you think a gender-neutral term used for decades within their own circles as a form of inclusive corporate-speak is "fascist propaganda" then I'm sorry to say you have serious issues.

When Hogseth finds out it's gender neutral he'll stop using it.

Been around yes but the popularization of the term is entirely from low tier war hawks who think force and aggression and violence is a virtue.

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