{"id":31312,"date":"2025-07-20T18:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31312"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:36:46","slug":"president-trump-demands-washington-commanders-revert-to-original-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31312","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Demands Washington Commanders Revert to Original Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\/.article__header--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-b619030efbff435e31a64f1f9495e7e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/09\/4by3\/2025\/07\/20\/0926e95506e24085a40eefa04f370355_md.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b619030efbff435e31a64f1f9495e7e6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3ef60b7e4de05b0f78036d92e8105b3e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> is once again calling on the Washington Commanders to ditch their current name and return to their former moniker, the Redskins.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3ef60b7e4de05b0f78036d92e8105b3e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1de0064ad6c38610ef391fef20bd8864\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The former president took to Truth Social on Sunday, writing, &#8220;The Washington &#8216;Whatevers&#8217; should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1de0064ad6c38610ef391fef20bd8864--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5f379380c1014283426c62e40d82b754\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-712f04d3-7a05-437f-85e6-6c0d83a84d23-1617426025-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-712f04d3-7a05-437f-85e6-6c0d83a84d23-1617426025-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ad\/16by9\/2025\/07\/07\/ad2c5cda7c8a489dbcffdfb8b20626d8_md.jpg\" alt=\"070725_trump_commanders_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-712f04d3-7a05-437f-85e6-6c0d83a84d23-1617426025\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:712f04d3-7a05-437f-85e6-6c0d83a84d23\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">LiveNOW from FOX<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5f379380c1014283426c62e40d82b754--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-93e3b0d8c80d79a9c173d2c291c1c02c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Trump didn&#8217;t stop there, also suggesting the Cleveland Guardians should return to their old name, the Indians, claiming, &#8220;Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen.&#8221; Trump capped off the post by urging the teams&#8217; owners to &#8220;get it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-93e3b0d8c80d79a9c173d2c291c1c02c--> <a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dd93936d20a8059f0432824e85f8c870\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Earlier this year, when asked whether the Commanders should revert to the Redskins name if the franchise moves back to D.C., Trump avoided a direct answer &#8212; but made his opinion clear, saying he thinks it&#8217;s degrading to the Indian population.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dd93936d20a8059f0432824e85f8c870--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-67d4ad9b11347928635d8fd9559aa124\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a9d4b707-1e56-49b2-9780-346a2e564a50-1248000289-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-a9d4b707-1e56-49b2-9780-346a2e564a50-1248000289-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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as a racial slur.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-118f7ab0703f7001466198af22542fdf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-09395e48fe6391e46791500a85a8e7e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The Commanders ownership hasn&#8217;t commented on Trump&#8217;s most recent demands.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-09395e48fe6391e46791500a85a8e7e8--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/.article__blocks--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/.tag-cloud--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty President Donald Trump is once again calling on the Washington Commanders to ditch their current name and return to their former moniker, the Redskins. 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