Donald Trump calls on Commanders and Guardians to revert to names that were abandoned due to being racially insensitive \u2013 key US politics stories from Sunday 20 July at a glance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump has weighed into a new fight \u2013 this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington\u2019s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland baseball team the Guardians to revert to their former names, which were abandoned in recent years due to being racially insensitive to Native Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump said on Sunday on Truth Social that: \u201cThe Washington \u2018Whatever\u2019s\u2019 should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team \u2026. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Josh Harris, whose group bought the Commanders in 2023, said earlier this year the name was here to stay. The Guardians\u2019 president of baseball operations, Chris Antonetti, indicated before Sunday\u2019s game against the Athletics that there weren\u2019t any plans to revisit the name change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n