Washington Commanders Name Change Speculation

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Trump, Washington Commanders and NFL

What Trump can — and can’t — do to make Washington's NFL team change its name

Despite the many national and international challenges he faces, President Donald Trump on Sunday let the world know he had something else on his mind: the name of Washington’s NFL team.

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Trump says NFL's Washington Commanders must change name. But do Americans agree?

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Trump 'won't make a deal' with Washington Commanders if team refuses to change name

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Trump likes renaming people, places and things. He’s not the first to deploy that perk of power

President Donald Trump is working that lever of power — again.

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Donald Trump’s Commanders Rant Looks Like a Distraction From Epstein

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Donald Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don’t switch their name back

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NFL-Native American Groups Slam Trump Call to Bring Back Redskins Name

"These mascots and names do not honor Native Peoples — they reduce us to caricatures," the Association on American Indian Affairs said in a statement.

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Trump Makes Ominous Threat To Washington Commanders

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Trump threatens to block stadium build over name

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Revert to old names for pro teams in Washington, Cleveland? It's an insult, Oneida leader says.

There was some speculation that Trump is using the issue to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files, and whether he was implicated in them.

11hon MSN

Commanders fans are hype for new stadium, but wary of return to Redskins name

Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland's baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring for this" as well. The Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians have had their current names since the 2022 seasons and both have said they have no plans to change them back.

New York Post2y

Washington Commanders could change team name again: report - New York Post

Snyder finally relented and changed the name to Commanders in the summer of 2020, and the club went by Washington Football Team until 2022 when it rebranded as the Commanders.