Washington Commanders jerseys are displayed at an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity in February 2022 in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump wants Washington’s football franchise and Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to their former names.
Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social site that “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ 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 original baseball teams, 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. Times are different now than they were three or four yea