{"id":2464294,"date":"2025-07-20T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-redskins-and-cleveland-indians-to-change-names-back-times-are-different-now-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T11:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:57:59","slug":"trump-calls-for-redskins-and-cleveland-indians-to-change-names-back-times-are-different-now-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-redskins-and-cleveland-indians-to-change-names-back-times-are-different-now-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for Redskins and Cleveland Indians to change names back: \u2018Times are different now\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-for-redskins-and-cleveland-indians-to-change-names-back-times-are-different-now-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2464294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump urged the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians to revert to their original team names,the Redskins and Indians,respectively. Trump argued that many Native Americans support restoring these historic names, claiming their heritage and prestige are being diminished.The Washington football team changed it&#8217;s name from the Redskins to the Commanders after facing criticism that the term &#8220;Redskins&#8221; is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\" title=\"Road Rage Incident Could Undermine Radical Prosecutor\u2019s Promotion to U.S. Attorney\">racial slur<\/a>. Similarly, the Cleveland baseball team retired the name &#8220;Indians&#8221; and their mascot &#8220;Chief Wahoo&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-urges-education-department-to-investigate-crt-complaints-biden-introduces-civil-rights-nominee-who-may-approve-of-crt\/\" title=\"GOP Urges Education Department To Investigate CRT Complaints. Biden Introduces Civil Rights Nominee Who May Approve Of CRT.\">amid growing concerns<\/a> about offensiveness and stereotyping. Trump has previously criticized these name changes, describing them as examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">cancel culture<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump calls for Redskins and Cleveland Indians to change names back: &lsquo;Times are different now&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2177141\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> called for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-commanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington Commanders<\/a> and Cleveland Guardians to return to their original team names.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Washington &lsquo;Whatever&rsquo;s&rsquo; should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >original baseball teams<\/a>, with a storied past. Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114885987478070699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in a post to his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3476686\/trump-help-afghans-stuck-uae-helped-us-military\/\">Trump says he&#8217;ll try to help Afghans stuck in UAE who helped US military<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3476601\/trump-pushes-thune-cancel-august-recess\/\">Trump pushes Thune to cancel August recess to get remaining nominees confirmed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3476587\/bessent-advised-trump-against-firing-powell-report\/\">Bessent advised Trump against firing Powell: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington football franchise changed its name from the Washington Redskins to the Commanders after decades of criticism about its name and logo. The term &ldquo;Redskins&rdquo; has long been used as a slur toward Native Americans. The team used the &ldquo;Washington Football Team&rdquo; as a temporary placeholder before settling on the Commanders as a permanent name.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington football franchise was under pressure to drop its name from key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">corporate sponsors<\/a> in 2020 including FedEx, Pepsi, and Nike, all of which were threatening to pull their support.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians similarly dropped their former name in 2020 due to increasing pressure and criticism from fans and indigenous groups regarding their use of Native American imagery and the name &ldquo;Indians&rdquo; itself. The term is considered offensive and a stereotype.<\/p>\n<p>A year before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roe-reversal-is-looking-like-a-midterms-disaster-for-democrats\/\" title=\"Roe Reversal Is Looking Like a Mid...s Disaster for Democrats\">team dropped<\/a> its name, the Cleveland franchise announced it would be retiring its mascot, Chief Wahoo, a cartoon caricature of a Native American that was seen as outwardly offensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466584\/trump-threatens-home-rule-dc-muriel-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP AGAIN THREATENS DC&rsquo;S HOME RULE: WHAT TO KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with the Guardians&rsquo; name change at the time as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh no!&rdquo;&nbsp;Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1338327779956363265?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in 2020. &ldquo;What is going on? This is not good news, even for &lsquo;Indians&rsquo;. Cancel culture at work!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2177141\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2177141\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges Redskins and Indians to revert to old names<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2464297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/redskins-indians-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[59502,48081,40024,3634],"class_list":["post-2464294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cleveland-indians","tag-name-change","tag-redskins","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/redskins-indians-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464299,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2464294\/revisions\/2464299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2464294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2464294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}