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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser did a deal with the Commanders to build a new facility at the site of RFK Stadium. On Sunday, President Donald Trump demanded that the Commanders restore their abandoned name — and then he said he may condition the deal on the name being changed.
The team left Washington for Landover, Maryland, in 1997, but DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the team announced a deal in April to bring the Commanders back to D.C. at the site of the old Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Trump supported the deal at the time, but the proposal is stalled before the DC Council.
The President of the United States continues to get invested in the sports world. On Sunday, President Trump, 79, announced that he wants the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians to "immediately" return to their old names, the Redskins and Indians, respectively. President Trump made ...
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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 about the NFL’s Washington Commanders and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians going back to their old names has revived the conversation about Native American imagery in sports.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.
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Trump threatens to block Washington Commanders stadium deal unless team changes back to former name
"OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!" wrote President Trump, in calling on the Washington Commanders to revert to the name Redskins, which many view as a slur against Native Americans.
Donald Trump has threatened to hold up a new stadium deal for the Washington Commanders if the team does not restore its old name of the Redskins. The Commanders and the District of Columbia
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Trump Threatens to Hold Up Stadium Deal Unless Washington NFL Team Changes Back to Its Racist Name
President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday, threatening to block a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team unless it reverts to its former name, the Redsk!ns—a term widely considered offensive to Native Americans.
President Donald Trump has threatened to derail plans to construct a new stadium for the Washington Commanders unless the NFL team changes its name back to the "Redskins." The team dropped the moniker in 2020, after years of pressure from Native American groups who said it amplified racist stereotypes.
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