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President Donald Trump threw a curveball into the NFL world this weekend as he threatened to put Washington commanders’ RFK Stadium -Jeopardy if they didn’t change their name back to Redskins.
Phil Mendelson, Washington, DC, Council President, suggested to a 106.7 fan in DC on the “Grant & Danny” show that he would have “no problem” with a potential name change.
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Flanked by members of the City Council and other city leaders, Washington, DC, Council President Phil Mendelson speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2025. (Craig Hudson to the Washington Post via Getty Images)
“He suggested that the former DC resistance from the team that moved back to the city while his name was Redskins, had more to do with Dan cheater than the name,” Radio Host Grant Paulsen wrote about Mendelson. “Suggested he would have no problem with DC welcoming the team back with the name Redskins now.”
It seemed to be the latest Nikk of support for the move since Trump fired two truths social positions over the weekend about the nickname.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, who played for Redskins, supported the move on Sunday.
“The Washington ‘no matter what needs to be changed immediately their name back to the Washington Redskins football team. There is a great clinging for this,” Trump wrote first. “Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, are with a stored past.
“Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige are systematically taken away from them. The times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a country of passion and common sense. Owners, get it done !!!”
Then he threatened to put the commander’s agreement to take over the old RFK Stadium site in danger if they did not return to the name.
A football presented to President Donald Trump is depicted when Trump speaks during an event to announce that the 2027 NFL draft will be held in National Mall, in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday 5 May 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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“My statement about Washington Redskins is completely blown up, but only in a very positive way,” Trump wrote in another truth’s social post. “I may be able to limit them that if they do not change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins’, and get rid of the ridiculous moniker,’ Washington commanders, ‘I will not make a deal for them to build a stadium in Washington. The team would be much more valuable and the deal would be more exciting for everyone.’
Daniel Snyder changed Washington’s team name from Washington Redskins to the Washington football team before the beginning of the 2020 season in the middle of a summer with racial tensions. The team eventually became the Washington commanders, and Snyder sold the team to Josh Harris.
Harris said on Pakinomist Channel’s “Special Report” in April that the team would not bring the Redskins name back even with plans to build a new stadium in Washington, DC
“The Commander’s name has actually taken on a fantastic form of element in our building,” replied Harris on Bret Baier’s questions about the Redskins name coming back as part of this new stadium agreement. “So the people who certain types of players who are hard, the love football are delegated command and Jayden [Daniels]is, for example, a commander and they are ranked.
Owner of the Washington Commanders team, Josh Harris, is talking at an event that reveals plans to host the 2027 NFL draft in DC with President Donald Trump, on the right, in the Oval Office of the White House on May 5, 2025 in Washington, DC (Annabelle Gordon to Washington Post via Getty Images)
“And you know, the business staff has come into it, and obviously we’re in a military city here. There are more military staff than anywhere else, so we are moving a little forward with the commander’s name, excited about it and not looking back.”
