Trump threatens to block NFL D.C. stadium deal unless Commanders revert to 'Redskins' name

US President Donald Trump has threatened to derail a planned NFL stadium deal in Washington, D.C., unless the city’s American football team, Commanders, changed its name back to Redskins, a term widely seen as a racial slur. The team had changed its name in 2020 after decades of criticism from Indigenous rights organisations.

Trump threatens to block NFL D.C. stadium deal unless Commanders revert to 'Redskins' name
US President Donald Trump has threatened to derail a planned NFL stadium deal in Washington, D.C., unless the city’s American football team, Commanders, changed its name back to Redskins, a term widely seen as a racial slur. The team had changed its name in 2020 after decades of criticism from Indigenous rights organisations.

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