President Donald Trump is calling on the Cleveland Guardians to restore their historic “Indians” name, following his recent demand that the Washington Commanders return to being the Washington Redskins.
In a Truth Social post Sunday night, Trump wrote:
“The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team… Likewise, the Cleveland Indians… Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen… OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!”
Trump later doubled down in a follow-up post:
“If they don’t change the name back… I won’t make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington… Cleveland should do the same with the Cleveland Indians… MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!”
Trump also mocked Cleveland team owner Matt Dolan, suggesting his repeated political losses were tied to abandoning the Indians name:
“The Owner… who is very political, has lost three Elections in a row because of that ridiculous name change.”
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