“The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team,” President Donald Trump wrote Sunday, referring to the Washington Commanders NFL football team, which changed its name from the “Redskins” in 2020.
“Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them,” Trump wrote on the platform Truth Social. “Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!”
The Redskins’ name, logo, and team song were all changed in 2020, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter riots.
On Monday, Trump went a step further, threatening to tank the Commanders’ new Washington, D.C., stadium deal if owners didn’t play ball on restoring the Redskins name.
“My statement on the Washington [Redskins] has totally blown up, but only in a very positive way,” he wrote.
“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.’ I won’t make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington.”