President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name, which was considered offensive to Native Americans.

President Donald J. Trump invents new outrages to chew up news cycles and turn the media away from Jeffrey Epstein. The latest: Sports team names.

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.

The Washington franchise has changed away from its nickname twice, first changing from Redskins in 2020 before its most recent change to Commanders in 2022. After retiring the Redskins name and logo, the team adopted the temporary moniker of the Washington Football Team, using the same branding and uniforms from before, sans Redskins insignia.

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Scott Turner, the HUD secretary and former Washington Redskins defensive back, backed President Donald Trump's push to change the Commanders' nickname.

President Donald Trump posted on social media Sunday that he wants the Washington Commanders to switch back to their old "Washington Redskins" team name — and he threatened to block the Commanders’ impending move back to D.C. and their new stadium unless they do.

Stephen A. Smith on Monday accused Trump of drumming up controversy on the Washington Commanders' name to turn the public's attention away from Jeffrey Epstein.