Trump boldly states he wouldn't have changed Redskins name to Commanders despite controversy

President Donald Trump made a "controversial" statement about the NFL, saying that he wouldn't have changed Washington's name from Redskins to Commanders.

If it were up to President Donald Trump, Washington’s football team would never have changed its name. 

The NFL team currently goes by the Washington Commanders, but the old name, Redskins, is what Trump says he would’ve kept it as if he owned the organization. 

"Well, you want me to make a controversial statement? I would," Trump said to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey on Sunday. "I wouldn’t have changed the name. But that’s their — it just doesn’t have the same ring to me."

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Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris, from left, signs a helmet along with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, after an announcement about a new home for the NFL football team on the site of the old RFK Stadium, Monday, April 28, 2025, at the National Press Club in Washington.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Commanders owner Josh Harris told Bret Baier on "Special Report" in April that, despite his plan to bring the team back to Washington D.C. at the site of the old RFK Stadium, the Redskins name wouldn’t be coming back. 

"The Commanders’ name actually has taken on an amazing kind of element in our building," Harris said. "So, the people that certain types of players that are tough, that love football, are delegated Commanders, and Jayden [Daniels], for example, is a Commander, and they're ranked. 

"And, you know, the business staff has gotten into it, and obviously, we're in a military city here. There's more military personnel than anywhere else, so we're kind of moving forward with the