President Trump said he may move to block the Washington Commanders’ new stadium as he called on the NFL team and also MLB’s Cleveland Guardians to restore their old names.
The big picture: The Commanders changed their name from the Washington Redskins and the Guardians from the Cleveland Indians in the wake of an anti-racism movement that swept the U.S. after the 2020 murder of George Floyd and following years of activism and protests against the monikers that many Native Americans considered offensive.
The Commanders had urged the D.C. Council to get the RFK Stadium redevelopment approved or risk Trump’s intervention, per Axios’ Cuneyt Dil. The president can influence the NFL stadium project due to the power of the White House and through federal design commissions, Dil notes.
Driving the news: “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team,” Trump said in a Sunday post to Truth Social.
“Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past,” he said.
“Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen,” added Trump, without providing evidence.
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