Donald Trump, Washington Commanders
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Residents had some strong opinions about President Donald Trump's most-recent insertion into the Washington Commanders' attempt to return to D.C.
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Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don’t switch back to Redskins
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a stadium deal for Washington's football team if it doesn't restore its old name.
Trump posted on social media on Sunday that he wanted to see the Commanders and Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians return to Native American names that each team abandoned years ago.
President Trump can't unilaterally block a stadium deal for the Washington Commanders to return to DC. But he has ways he can try to intervene.
With final passage of the deal by the D.C. Council potentially just weeks away, President Donald Trump is injecting himself into a D.C. matter where he has no formal role.
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Trump demanded that the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians revert to their old names in a series of posts on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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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Trump floats 'restriction' for Commanders if they fail to ditch nickname in favor of Redskins return
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.