Cleveland (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening to deal with a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team, if it does not restore its old name of Redskins, which was considered Aggressive for original Americans,
Trump also said on Sunday that he wants the baseball team of Cleveland to return its former names, Indians, saying that there was also a “big chlaming”.
Washington Commanders and Cleveland parents had their current names since 2022 season and both have said that they have no plans to change them back.
Trump said that if he had restored his old name, the Washington football team would be “very valuable”.
Trump said on his social media site, “I can impose a ban on him that if he does not change the name back into the original ‘Washington Redskins’, and the ridiculous monkey, ‘get rid of the Washington Commanders,’ I would not make a deal for him to build a stadium in Washington,” Trump said on his social media site.
His latest interest in changing the name reflects his widespread efforts to return those changes after a national debate on cultural sensitivity and racial justice. Team Announced that it would fall In 2020, the name of Redskins and the Indian head logo was widely outlined with systemic racism and police cruelty.
Commander and Government of Columbia Announced a deal earlier this year To build a new house for the football team at the old RFK Stadium, the place where the franchise called the house for more than three decades.
Trump’s ability to catch the deal is yet to be seen. President Joe Biden signed a bill in January This transferred the land from the federal government to Colombia district.
This provision was part of a short -term expenditure bill passed by the Congress in December. While DC residents are selected to run day-to-day operations of a dC, a city council and commissioners, the Congress controls the city’s budget.
Josh Harris, whose group bought commanders from former owner Dan snider in 2023, Said earlier this year The name was to live here. After working for a long time, Harris speculated about returning to Redskins, saying that it would not happen. The team did not immediately respond to the remarks request after Trump’s statement.
Washington’s team started in 1933 as Redskins in 1933 before going to the country’s capital four years later.
Chris Antonetty, the chairman of the baseball operation of the Cleveland Guardian, indicated before the game of athletics that there was no plan to re -look at the name change.
“We understand that there are different approaches on the decision we had taken a few years ago, but obviously it is a decision that we have made. We have got the opportunity to make a brand as a guardian in the last four years and are excited about the future that we are,” he said.
Cleveland announced in December 2020 that it would leave Indians. It announced Parents switch in July 2021In 2018, the team phased out “Chi Vahu” as its primary logo.
The name was part of supporters and critics in change, which was considered racist as part of national discussions about logo and names.
Trump posted on Sunday afternoon that “the owner of the Cleveland baseball team, Matt Dolan, who is very political, has lost three elections in a line due to that ridiculous name change. What he does not understand, is that if he changed his name back to Cleveland Indians, he can actually win an election. Indians can actually win.
The late Larry Dolan’s son Matt Dolan now has no role with parents. He ran the team’s charity endeavors till 2016.
Matt Dolan 2022 and Ohio were a candidate in the US Senate elections in ’24, but lost.
Washington and Cleveland typically share another thing. David is a member of the Harris ownership group with Blazer commanders and has a minority stake in The Guardian.
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Gomez Likan reported from Fort Lauderdel, FLA.
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Joe Ready and Adriana Gomez Likan, Associated Press