US EditionTrump Threatens Stadium Deal to Force Commanders and Guardians to Revert to Former Names
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO, JUL 21 – President Trump claims 68% of surveyed Native Americans support restoring the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians names and threatens to block a $3.7 billion stadium deal if ignored.
- President Donald Trump demanded on Sunday morning that the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians return to their former names.
- Trump's call followed the Washington NFL team abandoning the Redskins name in 2020 and Cleveland MLB team's 2022 change from Indians to Guardians amid broader Native imagery retirements.
- Trump defended the Redskins name as favored by many people of Indian heritage and criticized cancel culture for changing the team names, urging the Commanders’ owners to "GET IT DONE!!!".
- He emphasized a "big clamoring" for the Redskins name to return and described the Cleveland Indians as a "great team" with heritage being "systematically taken away" from Indian people.
- The demand highlights ongoing tensions over Native American names in sports and may affect the $3.7 billion deal for a new Commanders stadium at the RFK site in Washington, D.C.
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