Trump Floats 'restriction' For Commanders If They Fail To Ditch Nickname In Favor Of Redskins Return

President Donald Trump threatened to bent nan Washington Commanders’ plans to build a caller stadium successful D.C. successful nan equilibrium if nan squad didn’t revert backmost to nan Redskins moniker.

Trump put nan unit connected the Commanders, and nan Cleveland Guardians, connected Sunday – calling some organizations retired successful 2 posts made connected Truth Social.

"My connection connected nan Washington Redskins has wholly blown up, but only successful a very affirmative way," Trump wrote successful a 2nd Truth Social post. "I whitethorn put a regularisation connected them that if they don’t alteration nan sanction backmost to nan original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get free of nan ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I won’t make a woody for them to build a Stadium successful Washington. The Team would beryllium overmuch much valuable, and nan Deal would beryllium much breathtaking for everyone."

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President Donald Trump departs aft signing a measure successful nan East Room of nan White House, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The president added that nan Guardians should travel suit.

"Cleveland should do nan aforesaid pinch nan Cleveland Indians. The Owner of nan Cleveland Baseball Team, Matt Dolan, who is very political, has mislaid 3 Elections successful a statement because of that ridiculous sanction change," Trump added. "What he doesn’t understand is that if he changed nan sanction backmost to nan Cleveland Indians, he mightiness really triumph an Election. Indians are being treated very unfairly. MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!"

Paul Dolan is nan squad owner. Matt Dolan holds a number liking successful nan organization.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Commanders for comment.

Trump made nan original request for nan teams to alteration their names earlier connected Sunday.

"The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY alteration their sanction backmost to nan Washington Redskins Football Team. There is simply a large clamoring for this," Trump wrote connected Truth Social connected Sunday. "Likewise, nan Cleveland Indians, 1 of nan six original shot teams, pinch a storied past. 

"Our awesome Indian people, successful monolithic numbers, want this to happen. Their practice and prestige is systematically being taken distant from them. Times are different now than they were 3 aliases 4 years ago. We are a Country of passion and communal sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!"

Guardians president Chris Antonetti responded to Trump’s unit successful nan mediate of nan afternoon. He said it wasn’t really thing nan statement had connected its mind.

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Josh Harris, proprietor of nan Washington Commanders,  speaks astatine an arena unveiling plans to big nan NFL Draft successful D.C., pinch President Donald Trump successful nan Oval Office of nan White House connected May 5, 2025. (Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"But I would opportunity generally, I understand that location are very different perspectives connected nan determination we made a fewer years ago," he said, via Cleveland.com. "Obviously it’s a determination we’ve made and we’ve gotten nan opportunity to build nan marque arsenic nan Guardians complete nan past 4 years and are excited astir nan future."

The Guardians had nary further remark connected Trump’s posts.

Commanders squad proprietor Josh Harris joined Trump, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell successful nan Oval Office erstwhile nan woody for nan RFK Stadium tract was announced.

Congressional lawmakers supported Harris going backmost to nan aged stadium tract connected nan information that nan squad and NFL would grant nan aged Redskins logo. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said successful November he would support nan statement going guardant pinch its scheme aft "good religion negotiations" pinch some entities.

"We were calling retired leaders successful lawsuit of really, woke gone wrong," Daines said astatine nan time. "The irony that they were canceling Native American civilization arsenic nan DEI activity went measurement excessively far. This is honoring a Blackfeet main who was calved successful Montana. He is highly esteemed. The Blackfeet people of Montana, their existent president and tribal assembly signed a missive successful beardown support to bring nan logo back. It honors Indian Country. 

"We person bully discussions pinch nan NFL and pinch nan Commanders. There’s bully religion successful negotiations going guardant that’s going to let this logo to beryllium utilized again. Perhaps revenues going to a instauration that could thief Native Americans successful sports and truthful forth. We’re making bully advancement and, based connected nan bully religion negotiations, I made a determination to support this measure yesterday successful nan committee."

But Harris made clear successful an question and reply connected Fox News Channel’s "Special Report" that location were nary plans to bring backmost nan Redskins name.

Washington Commanders proprietor Josh Harris signs a helmet on pinch D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, aft an announcement astir a caller location for nan squad connected nan tract of nan aged RFK Stadium, April 28, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

"The Commanders’ sanction really has taken connected an astonishing benignant of constituent successful our building," Harris responded to Bret Baier’s mobility astir nan Redskins sanction coming backmost arsenic portion of this caller stadium deal. "So, nan group that definite types of players that are tough, that emotion football, are delegated Commanders and Jayden [Daniels], for example, is simply a Commander, and they're ranked.

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"And, you know, nan business unit has gotten into it, and obviously, we're successful a subject metropolis here. There's much subject unit than anyplace else, truthful we're benignant of moving guardant pinch nan Commanders name, excited astir that, and not looking back."

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