President Donald Trump has threatened the Washington Commanders football team, stating he will not facilitate a deal for the team's new stadium to be build in Washington, D.C., if it does not revert to its former name.

President Donald Trump wants Washington's football franchise and Cleveland's baseball team to revert to their former names.

Critics of Native American–themed team names have long employed a similar argument—that they belonged to a different time, one that was less sensitive and respectful to nonwhite cultures.