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President Donald Trump threatened to block a deal for the new Washington commanders if the American football team does not return to their original name.
On Sunday, the US president said “Washington Whateevers” exists “great qualification” to change back on Redskins and claimed it would make the team more valuable. “
The NFL team dumped the name Redskins In July 2020, after the inspection, as it was long considered racist and offensive to indigenous Americans. They were called a football team in Washington during the 2020 season before changing the commanders in 2022.
In April, the commanders built a new stadium of £ 3 billion for 65,000 places at the place where the RFK stadium – their home from 1961 to 1997 – was standing.
Last Week Council DC urged to speed up the stadium approval. external Plans of the Supreme Republican politician.
Trump wrote: “I can put on their restriction that if they do not change the name to the original Washington -Medskins and get rid of ridiculous commanders nicknamed Washington, I will not conclude them to build a stadium in Washington.
“The team would be much more valuable and the deal would be more exciting for everyone.”
In February this year, Trump went down in history when he became the first US president who attended a Super Cup as Philadelphia Eagles defeated Kansas’s 40-22 chiefs.
Trump also called on the major league baseball side, Cleveland guards change his name back to Cleveland Indians, changing it in 2021.
“Our great Indian people in large -scale number want it to happen,” Trump said. “Their heritage and prestige are systematically taken away from them.”
Chris Antonetti Group President said “Atletico”: “Not that I monitor and pay much attention.
“But I would say that in general, I understand that there are very different prospects in the decision we made a few years ago. This decision we have made and we got the opportunity to create a brand as guards over the last four years and we are excited about the future.”
Earlier this year, the National Congress of the American Indians (NCAI) issued a statement “in response to recent public approval of political figures who support unauthorized” thematic “talismans – the position that NCAI leaders and tribal leaders are ambiguously deflected.”
“These images are not tribute – they are introduced in racism, the appropriation of culture and intentional ignorance.
BBC Sport has contacted Washington commanders for comment.
