Trump on Sunday pushed the Washington Commanders NFL team to return to its previous name, which was scrapped five years ago because it included a word that many view as a slur against Native Americans.
The president also threatened to block a complicated deal for the Commanders to return to a stadium in Washington, D.C., unless they return to the name “Washington Redskins.”
“The Washington “Whatever’s” should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this,” Mr. Trump wrote.
And yet, those team owners can literally SELL them to each other. Imagine how smug those owners are, knowing they literally own their millionaire athletes. Those athletes are nothing more than birds in gilded cages. The beauty of their cage doesn’t replace their freedom.