Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal over Washington NFL name change

The Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians have had their current names since the 2022 seasons and both have said they have no plans to change them back.

Washington Commanders (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which was considered offensive to Native Americans.

Mr Trump also said that he wants Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamouring for this” as well.