Following a threat from Donald Trump, Stephen A. Smith suggests the Commanders share a stadium with the Ravens. Here's why he thinks it could make sense.

President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a stadium deal for Washington's football team if it doesn't restore its old name.

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,

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.

President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his call for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the “Redskins,” threatening to restrict the NFL team’s stadium deal if they don’t, though it’s unclear how he would be able to.

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 trump is serious about blocking the Washington Commanders new stadium deal if they don't change name back to Redskins.

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.