Washington Redskins, Trump and Commander
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President Trump can't unilaterally block a stadium deal for the Washington Commanders to return to DC. But he has ways he can try to intervene.
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Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don’t switch back to Redskins
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a stadium deal for Washington's football team if it doesn't restore its old name.
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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Total Pro Sports on MSNNew Study Reveals How People Truly Feel About the “Redskins” Name
Study shows that 90% of Native Americans aren't offended by the Redskins and fine with the Washington Commanders changing it back.
President Trump on Sunday publicly demanded that the Washington Commanders change the team name back to the Redskins— labeling them derisively the “Washington Whatever’s.”
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Mediaite on MSNTrump Mocked for Washington Redskins Crusade After Dismissing Controversy Back in 2013: ‘Our Country Has Far Bigger Problems!’
President Donald Trump once criticized the government for getting involved in the naming of Washington's NFL team -- much like he is now.
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Total Pro Sports on MSNPHOTO: Social Media Detectives Expose Donald Trump’s Cringeworthy ‘Washington Redskins’ Tweet That Aged Horribly
Social media detectives uncovered a 12-year-old tweet from President Donald Trump about the “Washington Redskins” team name, and let’s just say it aged like milk. On Sunday, news broke that President Donald Trump had threatened to hold up the Washington Commanders’ push for a new stadium if they didn’t go back to the “Redskins” team
Donald Trump is facing criticism for demanding the Washington Commanders revert to their former name, Redskins, a term widely considered a racial slur