Trump, NFL and Washington Commanders
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Trump has threatened to hold up a new stadium for the Washington Commanders unless they revert back to the Redskins name.
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.
Washington's NFL franchise is no stranger to controversy and name debates. Here's why the Commanders changed their name and why they can't go back.
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Latin Times on MSNTrump Slammed Obama for Pushing NFL Team to 'Change Their Name' in Decade-Old Tweet. Now He's Doing the Same
In a newly resurfaced tweet, Trump criticized Barack Obama for pushing to change the name of an NFL team — the same team Trump is now focused on renaming.
Former NFL player Jason Buck joins 'Fox & Friends' to weigh in on President Donald Trump urging the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the Redskins.
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.