Trump has nothing better to do than debate an NFL team's name?

Column by Barry Svrluga

Donald Trump has never been beyond offering unsolicited advice. Here’s some, from 2013, back when he was merely a reality show star.

“President should not be telling the Washington Redskins to change their name-our country has far bigger problems!” Trump tweeted, back when Twitter was Twitter and he didn’t have a social media platform of his own. “FOCUS on them,not [sic] nonsense.”

That brings us to this past weekend. It should go without saying that the name of the NFL team that represents Washington but isn’t headquartered in Washington and doesn’t play in Washington — yet, anyway — should be of little or no concern to the president of the United States. But apparently, we have to say it:

President Trump, this is not your concern. You said it years ago, when someone else was president — when Barack Obama said merely that if he owned the team, he would consider changing the name. Now, Josh Harris owns the Washington Commanders. Harris has said he isn’t interested in changing the name, that it now means something inside the team’s headquarters. The Washington Commanders are working on a deal for a new stadium with the D.C. government. They can handle that without presidential interference — er, help.

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