Trump Says He Won’t Consider Renaming Bases Named for Confederate Leaders

U.S. troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division board a bus as they head out for a deployment to the Middle East in Fort Bragg, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2020. Andrew Craft/Getty Images

President Donald Trump said he won’t think about changing the names of military bases that are named for leaders of the Confederacy.

Trump took to Twitter, his favored social media platform, to say that some are suggesting renaming as many as 10 bases, including Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, and Fort Benning.