White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is serious about wanting the NFL's Washington Commanders to go back to the name Redskins.

From 1937 to 2019, the NFL franchise in Washington was known as the "Redskins," and if the Commanders don't switch back to that name, Trump said he "won't make a deal" for them to build a new stadium.

Trump has threatened to hold up a new stadium for the Washington Commanders unless they revert back to the Redskins name.

The team left Washington for Landover, Maryland, in 1997, but DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the team announced a deal in April to bring the Commanders back to D.C. at the site of the old Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Trump supported the deal at the time, but the proposal is stalled before the DC Council.

Residents had some strong opinions about President Donald Trump's most-recent insertion into the Washington Commanders' attempt to return to D.C.

President Donald Trump threatened to put a "restriction" on the Washington Commanders' plans to build a new stadium in D.C. over refusal to revert back to their old name.

President Donald Trump urged the National Football League (NFL) and the owners of the Washington Commanders football team to bring back the "Redskins" name. "The Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team,