White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is serious about wanting the NFL's Washington Commanders to go back to the name Redskins.

The president threatened to block a deal for the Washington Commanders’ new stadium if the team did not bow to his demand.

NFL veteran Von Miller referred to his new team by their former moniker Thursday, just days after President Donald Trump called on the Washington Commanders to reverse their name change. Speaking with reporters after training camp,

The Washington Commanders need a new stadium. That much is clear. While many point to a potential deal to rebuild on the old RFK Stadium site, one politician wants one concession given before he signs off on any agreement.

So what does our Editorial Board Roundtable make of this brouhaha over President Donald Trump's attempt to stir up anger over years-old sports-team renaming decisions?

Social media detectives uncovered a 12-year-old tweet from President Donald Trump about the “Washington Redskins” team name, and let’s just say it aged like milk. On Sunday, news broke that President Donald Trump had threatened to hold up the Washington Commanders’ push for a new stadium if they didn’t go back to the “Redskins” team

President Trump on Sunday publicly demanded that the Washington Commanders change the team name back to the Redskins— labeling them derisively the “Washington Whatever’s.”

President Donald Trump made a fiery call for the Washington Commanders to restore the Redskins name — which it left behind in 2020. The post Trump Calls for the Washington Commanders to Change Their Name Back to Redskins in Fiery Post: ‘Our Great Indian

President Donald Trump’s demand the Washington Commanders NFL team revert to its recently retired “Redskins” name is being laughed off on Capitol Hill — by veteran Democrats from the region, at least.