U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to derail a $4 billion deal to build a new stadium for the Washington Commanders at the site of the former RFK Stadium unless the NFL team reverts to its previous name, the “Redskins.” In a series of posts on Truth Social on July 20, 2025, Trump called the current name “ridiculous” and claimed a “big clamoring” exists to restore the original name, which was dropped in 2020 after decades of criticism from Native American groups for being a racial slur. Details of the Threat Trump stated, “I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker,...