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Three senior administration officials told NBC News that White House aides are “revisiting the idea” of renaming 10 US military bases that honor Confederate leaders despite President Trump denouncing the possibility. However, Administration officials swiftly denied the report to The Post.

One official told NBC: “It’s a foregone conclusion that the bases will be renamed, so why not try to influence who they’re named after?”

A White House aide told The Post: “This is incorrect. The president reiterated today that we won’t be erasing our history and isn’t considering changing the names of bases.”

A second well-placed senior administration official also told The Post that the report is inaccurate.

Trump vehemently rejected an effort to rename bases such as North Carolina’s Fort Bragg in the wake of national anti-racism protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police

But some Republican senators defied Trump and voted to move forward anyway on renaming bases.

Opponents of renaming the bases reportedly include White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, a former North Carolina congressman.

At a press briefing last week, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany read aloud a statement from Trump, who said: “These monumental and very powerful bases have become part of a great American heritage and a history of winning, victory, and freedom. The United States of America trained and deployed our heroes [here]…and won two world wars. Therefore, my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. Our history, as the greatest nation in the world, will not be tampered with. Respect our military!”

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