I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’” the president said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is serious about wanting the NFL's Washington Commanders to go back to the name Redskins.

President Donald Trump is threatening the Commanders' NFL stadium deal if the team does not change its name back to the "Redskins," according to a recent post.

From 1937 to 2019, the NFL franchise in Washington was known as the "Redskins," and if the Commanders don't switch back to that name, Trump said he "won't make a deal" for them to build a new stadium.

Trump has had great success for decades branding everything from buildings he named after himself to the Gulf between Mexico, Cuba and the United States to his political opponents and people he simply doesn’t like. Exhibit A: Florida’s governor, dubbed by Trump “Meatball Ron” DeSantis, who challenged him for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

There’s one big flaw in President Donald Trump’s threat to hold up a deal for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to build a new stadium unless the team changes its name.

President Donald Trump threatened to put a "restriction" on the Washington Commanders' plans to build a new stadium in D.C. over refusal to revert back to their old name.

Donald Trump wants Washington Commanders to be Washington Redskins again. He also wants Cleveland Guardians to bring back Cleveland Indians name. Trum