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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