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Trump Threatens Stadium Deal to Force Commanders and Guardians to Revert to Former Names
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, JUL 21 – Donald Trump demands the Washington Commanders revert to their former Redskins name, threatening to block a $3.7 billion stadium deal amid ongoing cultural sensitivity debates.
- President Donald Trump demanded on Sunday morning that the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians return to their former names.
- Trump's call followed the Washington NFL team abandoning the Redskins name in 2020 and Cleveland MLB team's 2022 change from Indians to Guardians amid broader Native imagery retirements.
- Trump defended the Redskins name as favored by many people of Indian heritage and criticized cancel culture for changing the team names, urging the Commanders’ owners to "GET IT DONE!!!".
- He emphasized a "big clamoring" for the Redskins name to return and described the Cleveland Indians as a "great team" with heritage being "systematically taken away" from Indian people.
- The demand highlights ongoing tensions over Native American names in sports and may affect the $3.7 billion deal for a new Commanders stadium at the RFK site in Washington, D.C.
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The history of Native American sports name changes, from the Obama era to Trump’s latest comments
President Donald Trump’s social media posts calling for the NFL’s Washington Commanders and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians to revert to their old names has revived the conversation about Native American imagery in sports.
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