President Donald Trump threatened to put the Kibosh on the bid of the Washington commanders on a new stadium in DC on Sunday if the NFL franchise does not recover its racist nickname.
Trump’s threat comes directly from his playbook to face those who seem to defy him, after having previously taken that the triple super bowl champions should turn their name into a name that is considered offensive. Trump claimed that there was a “big screaming” for a change, also by Indians.
“My statement about the Washington Redskins is completely inflated, but only in a very positive way,” Trump claimed for truth social Before his bullying started.
“I can limit them that if they do not change the name in the original ‘Washington Redskins’ and the ridiculous name, ‘Washington Commanders’, I will not close 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,” he continued.
The commanders now follow a proposal of $ 3.7 billion by the DC Council to build a new stadium at the location of the old RFK stadium, The Washington Post reported. The country is owned by the federal government, although congress and president Joe Biden Passed -on check of the 99 -year -old with legislation last year.
A surprised local politician trivialized Trump’s unsporting behavior.
“As far as I know, people are generally satisfied with the name commanders, and I have not heard any suggestion that the council should condition the deal for a new stadium on a name change,” DC Council chairman Phil Mendelson (D) told the newspaper. The generations of old team scraped its previous name in 2020 and became the commanders in 2022.
As far as the type of limitation could impose Trump, Mendelson replied: “I don’t know what the limitation would be.”
In April, team management partner Josh Harris, DC Burgemeester Muriel Bowser and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the plan for the team to return to DC From the current stadium in the nearby Landover, Maryland.
The team’s front office has said that it is not considering the return to the old nickname.
Trump also called on the Cleveland Guardians of the MLB to take a racist step back in time and to rearrange the Cleveland Indians. “Make Indians amazing again (Miga)!” He wrote.
