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BumRushDaShow

(156,830 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:07 PM Sunday

Trump's latest demand: Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams should change names back

Source: NBC News/AP

July 20, 2025, 4:04 PM EDT


President Donald Trump wants Washington's football franchise and Cleveland's baseball team to revert to their former names. Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social site that "The Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past. Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!"

Josh Harris, whose group bought the Commanders from former owner Dan Snyder in 2023, said earlier this year the name was here to stay. Not long after taking over, Harris quieted speculation about going back to Redskins, saying that would not happen.

Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti indicated before Sunday's game against the Athletics that there weren't any plans to revisit the name change.

"We understand there are different perspectives on the decision we made a few years ago, but obviously it's a decision we made. We've got the opportunity to build a brand as the Guardians over the last four years and are excited about the future that's in front of us," he said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-demand-washington-football-cleveland-baseball-name-change-rcna219890



"Price of eggs", "Kitchen table issues", "Working class".
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Trump's latest demand: Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams should change names back (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
S'matter, Pres. Fatfuck? Cane-sugar Coca-Cola not gaining any traction? hatrack Sunday #1
You first, President Drumpf. tanyev Sunday #2
EPSTEIN, Donnie! You can't wiggle away or change the subject. paleotn Sunday #3
OMG, they seriously should tweet that suggestion as a response: "How about the Washington Epsteins, Mr. President?" Beartracks Yesterday #24
How are those Epstein trade deals going? There will be SO MANY it will be Epstein! Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #33
Boom! Donnie pops a gasket! paleotn 19 hrs ago #45
LOL. This is rich! Beartracks 8 hrs ago #47
Ha!!! Perfect! paleotn 19 hrs ago #44
He should start his own team and call them the Epsteins of Mar-a-Pedo. Dave Bowman Sunday #4
Sounds like ultralite001 23 hrs ago #35
Don't allow DD to change the narrative vapor2 Sunday #5
exactly...according to Trump... agingdem Yesterday #32
Recommended. However, I have a question about the 1985 Coke change. John1956PA 21 hrs ago #38
The Guardians on the Bridge spanning the Cuyahoga River have been a part of Cleveland forever! ProudMNDemocrat Sunday #6
They are the most beautiful deco statues Keepthesoulalive Sunday #21
I've never visited Cleveland but I'd like to take a road trip one day. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sunday #23
You'd think that this sick, fat imbecile has enough irons in the fire wolfie001 Sunday #7
He thinks he's the King of All Things. Beartracks Yesterday #25
"Go fuck yourself" JoseBalow Sunday #8
This is when the billionaires liberalgunwilltravel Sunday #9
Who died and made you Chief of everything? Fuck off Chief Bigshins. twodogsbarking Sunday #10
Cankles wolfie001 Sunday #12
Ok nowforever Sunday #11
Yikes! Years ago I used to pass one of those on my way to work Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #29
Al Capone was a class act, compared to what's going on, now. (nt) Paladin Sunday #13
THE ONLY PRESIDENT. . . Jimvanhise Sunday #14
trump disgusts me anew each and every day. mwb970 Sunday #15
This is the most important issue in the country right now.By far Tribetime Sunday #16
More nonsense from our full of shit president mdbl Sunday #17
What about The Predators? (nt) Pinback Sunday #18
I own some stock Just Jerome Sunday #19
Does this orange clown have nothing else to to? Playingmantis Sunday #20
trump's attempts to distract from Epstein appear to be getting dumber. mwb970 Sunday #22
and when they refuse, he'll do exactly what? Eugene Yesterday #26
TRUMP DEMANDS THAT ALL AMERICAN SPORTS TEAMS HAVE RACIST NAMES ON PUPOSE YoshidaYui Yesterday #27
'...one of the six original baseball teams...' Oeditpus Rex Yesterday #28
They also weren't one of the first six teams. LisaM 21 hrs ago #39
Perhaps... Godot51 Yesterday #30
The Indians weren't even the Cleveland team's first name Justice Brandeis Yesterday #31
Vance's wife is one of the "great Indian people". Mamdani is of Indian descent. The Indian Prime Minister will visit. Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #34
They media acts like his bat shit crazy stuff is just another day. It is nonstop. They are enablers in the worst sense. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #36
They can change their name to "Epstein's client list" IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #37
Tuck Frump. hadEnuf 20 hrs ago #40
The Washington Orangeskins. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #41
Trump reeks azureblue 20 hrs ago #42
Guess he's frustrated no one will stop talking about Epstein Torchlight 19 hrs ago #43
Washington Epsteins mac56 18 hrs ago #46

Beartracks

(14,000 posts)
24. OMG, they seriously should tweet that suggestion as a response: "How about the Washington Epsteins, Mr. President?"
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:36 AM
Yesterday

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,163 posts)
33. How are those Epstein trade deals going? There will be SO MANY it will be Epstein!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:52 AM
Yesterday

Have you met the Epstein immigrant detention quotas?
Will you have Health Care ready for Congress in two Epsteins?
Have any Epstein manufacturing plants actually been onshored yet?
How is the Epstein peace progressing in Ukraine?
When do the Epstein tax cuts start putting money in people's pockets?
Will the Epstein wing of your presidential Library have any books in it?

agingdem

(8,590 posts)
32. exactly...according to Trump...
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:39 AM
Yesterday

he persuaded Coca Cola, a multinational multi-billion dollar conglomerate, to change their Coke recipe from high fructose corn syrup to cane sugar...the fact that the Fanjul family (Trump's Florida neighbors/mega donors) just happen to own vast tracts of land for growing sugar cane is just a coincidence...it's about public health, after all, because as we all know Trump has always been a big health advocate.

as an aside: the last time Coke changed their recipe (1985) the backlash was so swift and so cataclysmic they were forced to go back to the original recipe...a decision so disastrous to the company's brand four decades later The Coke Debacle is a cautionary tale taught in business schools and referenced in boardrooms...lesson learned, Coca-Cola..yes/no?...

and now the malicious psychotic degenerate is demanding two NFL teams recoup their old names, Native American slurs, and he's prepared to sue to make that happen...go for it, asshole!

Trump's "shiny-penny" announcements have done nothing to divert MAGA outrage from what they perceived as a Democrat- invented conspiracy, intended to hurt their sexual predator god..apparently the fact that Trump once praised his then teenage daughter's breasts (Ivanka) and said he would date her if she wasn't his daughter, never registered with Trump voters as vomitus...

now the loathsome MAGA cult is pearl-clutching, not because their rapist idol played with underage girls, but because those damn liberals were right...OH MY!!!

John1956PA

(4,298 posts)
38. Recommended. However, I have a question about the 1985 Coke change.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:28 AM
21 hrs ago

There is a theory (perhaps totally untrue) that Coke perpetrated a con upon its customers via the 1985 stunt. The theory is that Coke wanted to switch from cane sugar to corn syrup because of cost reasons. Coke knew that, if the change in recipe were to be suddenly foisted upon the customers, they would recognize the subtle change in flavor and voice complains to it. Therefore, the plan was hatched to replace the old recipe with a temporary dummy placeholder (having a notably unappealing taste) so that the customers would forget the nuanced taste of the original with its cane sugar. Coke gave the new product about a half a year to wash away the memory of the original's taste, and then it brought back the "original" recipe which replaced cane sugar with corn syrup.

The above theory may be complete nonsense, I but I wanted to throw it out for purposes of historical perspective and conspiracy-theory reference.

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,896 posts)
6. The Guardians on the Bridge spanning the Cuyahoga River have been a part of Cleveland forever!
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:29 PM
Sunday

So changing the baseball team from the Cleveland Indians to the Guardians seemed a logical and right move to make. These statues that watch over the West and East sides of Cleveland have been there for decades since 1932. The west side of Cleveland was Lorraine Blvd. The east side became Carnegie Blvd.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,735 posts)
23. I've never visited Cleveland but I'd like to take a road trip one day.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:08 PM
Sunday

I have seen pictures of the bridge with the Guardian statues and it is very impressive. If the baseball team was going to change their name, I feel “Guardians” is an inspired choice.

TSF needs to keep his nose out of this- I guess he’s still butthurt over getting turned down by NFL owners years back when he wanted to purchase the Buffalo Bills.

wolfie001

(5,725 posts)
7. You'd think that this sick, fat imbecile has enough irons in the fire
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:38 PM
Sunday

But his poo-flinging may be the method in all this madness. Every day with this piece of shit.

Beartracks

(14,000 posts)
25. He thinks he's the King of All Things.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:44 AM
Yesterday

And his dupes and fans (and staff) are all too willing to follow through on full blast via media and social media pressure (you know: cancel culture!) to try and make whatever silly fantasies he blurts out come true -- so much so, that Trump seems to actually believe he has to merely wish something out loud and it should magically come to pass -- or that, at the least, it's supposed to magically take focus off his Epstein files debacle.

===============

9. This is when the billionaires
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:36 PM
Sunday

Tell Trump to go fuck himself with a saguaro cactus. I think he's going to be too busy in court rather than screwing the NFL.

Jimvanhise

(459 posts)
14. THE ONLY PRESIDENT. . .
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:46 PM
Sunday

To interfere in private business. It is actually illegal for a politician to pressure a private business which is not breaking any law.

mdbl

(6,952 posts)
17. More nonsense from our full of shit president
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:07 PM
Sunday

I guess he's got nothing better to think about.

Just Jerome

(254 posts)
19. I own some stock
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:18 PM
Sunday

in a small pharmaceutical company named Ionis. Ionis used to be called “Isis” until a few years ago. I shall be issuing a demand to the Board of Directors this week.

Bring back Isis!

Playingmantis

(439 posts)
20. Does this orange clown have nothing else to to?
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:20 PM
Sunday

The Hollow Man..Empty and Dark...his voice like dry leaves ..his smell like cow shit...

mwb970

(11,881 posts)
22. trump's attempts to distract from Epstein appear to be getting dumber.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:01 PM
Sunday

It is odd that so many of them (like these, and the Coke business) involve him telling corporations how they must run their businesses, given the republican aversion to regulations and government "interference".

Isn't the economic system in which the government controls the corporations called "Communism"?

YoshidaYui

(43,992 posts)
27. TRUMP DEMANDS THAT ALL AMERICAN SPORTS TEAMS HAVE RACIST NAMES ON PUPOSE
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:05 AM
Yesterday

RIGHT, LIKE THAT WAS EVER GOING TO HAPPEN YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,106 posts)
28. '...one of the six original baseball teams...'
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:22 AM
Yesterday

The Cleveland franchise in the American League wasn't called the Indians until 1915. (That might've ben a tribute to Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot who played for the National League's Cleveland Spiders in 1897-99 and died in 1913.)

Before they were the Indians, they were the Blues for one season, then the Napoleons (for Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, one of baseball's best hitters) and then just the Naps.

LisaM

(29,285 posts)
39. They also weren't one of the first six teams.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:59 AM
21 hrs ago

Even if they were, the term Original Six refers to the NHL.

Godot51

(558 posts)
30. Perhaps...
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:07 AM
Yesterday

The Washington drumpfskins.

The Cleveland felons?

And the Atlanta Braves could become the Atlanta tacos?

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,163 posts)
34. Vance's wife is one of the "great Indian people". Mamdani is of Indian descent. The Indian Prime Minister will visit.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:56 AM
Yesterday

Indigenous people do not like to be called Indian by non-indigenous people, even though they might term themselves "Indian" from time to time sometimes ironically. Like african-Americans sometimes apply the n-word to themselves among themselves.

twodogsbarking

(14,449 posts)
36. They media acts like his bat shit crazy stuff is just another day. It is nonstop. They are enablers in the worst sense.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:08 AM
21 hrs ago

IronLionZion

(49,473 posts)
37. They can change their name to "Epstein's client list"
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:27 AM
21 hrs ago

and "Donny's finally going down for something".

azureblue

(2,493 posts)
42. Trump reeks
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:55 AM
20 hrs ago

of desperation.... The hyenas are closing in, and nobody's buying his act anymore..

Torchlight

(5,138 posts)
43. Guess he's frustrated no one will stop talking about Epstein
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 09:05 AM
19 hrs ago

"The President 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY release the Epstein Files. There is a big clamoring for this. Our great American people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. IDIOTS, GET IT DONE!!!"

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