President Donald Trump threatened to dam the Washington Commanders’ bid to construct a brand new stadium within the District of Columbia, escalating his feud with the NFL franchise over its resolution to vary its identify from the Redskins.
“I’ll put a restriction on them that in the event that they don’t change the identify again to the unique ‘Washington Redskins,’ and eliminate the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’” Trump mentioned in a submit on Fact Social. “I received’t make a deal for them to construct a Stadium in Washington.”
Trump has beforehand complained in regards to the soccer group’s resolution to vary its identify amid issues the previous identify was a slur in opposition to Native Individuals. Earlier Sunday, he had asserted there was a “huge clamoring” to modify it again.
“Our nice Indian folks, in huge numbers, need this to occur,” Trump posted. “Their heritage and status is systematically being taken away from them. Instances are completely different now than they had been three or 4 years in the past. We’re a Nation of ardour and customary sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!”
The Commanders didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Trump additionally leveled criticism on the Cleveland Guardians, the Main League Baseball group that modified its identify from the Cleveland Indians in 2021.
Trump has sought to reverse different identify adjustments carried out in an effort to be racially or culturally delicate.
Trump is proscribed in what he can do about sports activities groups exterior Washington, DC. However the Commanders plan to construct a brand new stadium on land that has been managed by the US Nationwide Park Service. The tract’s RFK Stadium was dwelling to the group for roughly three a long time till 1996.
