{"id":2469369,"date":"2025-07-31T20:17:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bashes-washington-commanders-name-on-eve-of-stadium-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T20:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:19:12","slug":"trump-bashes-washington-commanders-name-on-eve-of-stadium-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bashes-washington-commanders-name-on-eve-of-stadium-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump bashes Washington Commanders&#8217; name on eve of stadium vote"},"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\">20<\/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-bashes-washington-commanders-name-on-eve-of-stadium-vote%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=2469369&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 has called on the Washington Commanders NFL team to revert to their previous name, the Redskins, ahead of an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >upcoming city council vote<\/a> on funding a new stadium. Trump expressed strong support for the old team name, describing it as a &#8220;fabled franchise&#8221; and criticizing the current &#8220;Commanders&#8221; name as uninspiring. He has threatened to block the construction of the new $3.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commanders-stadium-deal-faces-split-opinions-on-dc-council-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... deal faces split opinions on DC Council - ... Examiner\">7 billion stadium<\/a> unless the team&#8217;s owner, josh Harris, agrees to restore the Redskins name. Harris,who acquired the team before the 2024 season,has stated he does not intend to change the name back. Meanwhile, the Washington, DC city council will vote on the stadium proposal, which woudl replace the current RFK Stadium in Northeast DC.Reports suggest Harris&#8217;s ownership might be considering Trump&#8217;s demands, although legally the former president has limited ability to halt the stadium project.  <\/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 urges Washington Commanders to revert to Redskins name ahead of stadium vote<\/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_2181839\" 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\">Donald Trump<\/a> reiterated calls for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-commanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington Commanders\">Washington Commanders<\/a> to change their team name back to the Redskins.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Trump has threatened to block the construction of a new Commanders stadium should owner Josh Harris not revert to the old team name, which the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwyane-wade-talks-about-opportunity-to-buy-ownership-stake-in-utah-jazz\/\" title=\"Dwyane Wade Talks About \u2018Opportunity\u2019 To Buy Ownership Stake In Utah Jazz\">ownership group<\/a> changed following significant pressure from Native American groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3487611\/trump-brings-back-presidential-fitness-test-in-schools-backed-by-sports-stars\/\">Trump brings back presidential fitness test in schools, backed by sports stars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3487887\/trump-big-pharma-ceos-letters-lower-drug-prices\/\">Trump threatens Big Pharma heads who don&#8217;t lower drug prices with &#8216;every tool in our arsenal&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3487804\/watch-live-trump-signs-executive-order-presidential-fitness-test\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump signs executive order reinstating Presidential Fitness Test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, I love that. I love the sound of that,&rdquo; Trump told reporters when asked about another potential name change Thursday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d do the Washington Redskins. I think they should do it. I told the mayor, and I told people that they should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-pelosis-new-house-rules-package-silences-the-voice-of-republican-minority\/\" title=\"Speaker Pelosi\u2019s new House rules package silences the voice of Republican minority\">bring back<\/a> the name. If they bring back the name, you&rsquo;ll have a lot of excitement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a fabled franchise, and now I don&rsquo;t even know what the hell their last name is,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;What are they, Commanders or something? Is it Commanders? It&rsquo;s not a good name.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who purchased the team before the 2024 season, claimed in February this year that he has no plans to return the team to its former name.<\/p>\n<p>However, the reports from earlier this week suggest that Harris and his ownership group might actually be considering Trump&rsquo;s threats, though he likely has little legal recourse to pause the new stadium buildout.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington, DC city council plans to vote on a $3.7 billion proposal Friday for the Commanders&rsquo; new stadium, which will be constructed at the site currently occupied by RFK Stadium in Northeast DC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3486105\/trump-vance-midterms-2026-plan-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP AND VANCE PLAN 2026 FULL-COURT PRESS IN HOPES OF DEFYING MIDTERM ODDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Trump&rsquo;s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"NC09z2oqpDg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Signs an Executive Order, July 31, 2025\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NC09z2oqpDg?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\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_2181839\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2181839\"}});<\/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 Washington Commanders to restore Redskins name before stadium vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2469370,"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\/trump-redskins.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60376,3634,43995],"class_list":["post-2469369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-stadium-vote","tag-trump","tag-washington-commanders"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-redskins.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469369","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469369"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469373,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469369\/revisions\/2469373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}