President Trump isn't kidding around with his new threat to the NFL's Washington Commanders, the White House says.

There was some speculation that Trump is using the issue to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files, and whether he was implicated in them.

The Washington Commanders are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL. Trump wrote that there is a "big clamoring" for the team to be renamed the "Washington Redskins Football Team." Trump has his own history with the NFL after showing interest in buying a team during the 1980s,

President Trump is demanding the Washington Commanders go back to their former Redskins name, threatening to stop the construction of their new stadium on the site of the old RFK Stadium in Washington,

Two Native American groups on Monday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to block a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team restores its old and controversial Redskins name.

"Let me be clear, we're on the 1-yard line and it's time to get over the line," Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said

Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland's baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring for this" as well. 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.

President Donald J. Trump invents new outrages to chew up news cycles and turn the media away from Jeffrey Epstein. The latest: Sports team names.