Donald Trump, the Commanders
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It wasn’t a ‘woke’ decision to change the Washington football team’s name. It was a business call
When President Donald Trump reopened a long-closed conversation about the name of the Washington NFL team, he and others implied that liberal thinking forced the venerable franchise to change its name from Redskins to Commanders in 2022.
Residents had some strong opinions about President Donald Trump's most-recent insertion into the Washington Commanders' attempt to return to D.C.
I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’” the president said.
President Donald Trump may be all on board for having the Washington Commanders revert their team name, but the D.C. mayor and the team's GM are paying him no mind.
Native American groups had fought for years to get Washington's NFL team to change its name. Trump just renewed the battle.
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