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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.
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.
President Donald Trump expressed unprompted displeasure at the name of the NFL’s Washington Commanders on Sunday. He threatened to pull the team’s stadium deal in Washington, D.C., if they don’t change it back to the Washington Redskins.
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Trump floats 'restriction' for Commanders if they fail to ditch nickname in favor of Redskins return
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.
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.