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President Donald Trump is urging Cleveland Guardians ownership to reconsider their name and revert to the Cleveland Indians, so we decided to survey fans before Monday's game: Guardians or Indians?
Epstein headlines, tariffs and foreign conflicts haven't kept President Trump too busy to pick at an old scab that, for some Clevelanders, is still healing. Why it matters: The rebranding of the Cleveland Indians to the Guardians is one of the most polarizing subjects among local sports fans and residents over the past decade.
President Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday encouraging the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians to revert to their old names.
The Guardians have been the Guardians since 2022 and will continue to be the Guardians despite President Donald Trump saying they should be called the Indians again.
President Donald Trump urged the Cleveland Guardians to revert to its former name, the Cleveland Indians. In a Truth Social post on Sunday morning, Trump called for both the Guardians and the Washington Commanders to change their names. President Donald Trump urged the Cleveland Guardians to revert to its former name, the Cleveland Indians.
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President Donald Trump is urging Guardians ownership to reconsider their name and revert to the Indians, so we decided to survey fans before Monday's game: Guardians or Indians?
As Trump calls for return to the name “Indians,” we look at the team’s multiple identities going back more than 100 years.
The president also expressed that he wants to see the Cleveland Guardians adopt their former name, writing, 'Make Indians Great Again'