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White House says Donald Trump is serious about wanting the Commanders to revert to Redskins (apnews.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Donald Trump threatened to hold up a deal for a new football stadium in the nation’s capital if the Washington Commanders did not go back to the name Redskins, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president’s comments were not a joke.

“The president was serious,” Leavitt told reporters Monday while answering questions on the White House driveway. “Sports is one of the many passions of this president and he wants to see the name of that team changed.”

Asked why he’s getting involved, Leavitt called Trump a “nontraditional president” and said sports fans are behind him on this.

“I think you’ve seen the president gets involved in a lot of things that most presidents have not,” Leavitt said. “He’s a nontraditional president. He likes to see results on behalf of the American people and, if you actually poll this issue with sports fans across the country, and even in this city, people actually do support the president’s position on this and the name change.”

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 60 points 2 days ago

Yes, he’s a very serious about

STOP ASKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!!

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 67 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Washington Epstein Files

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

At least people will realize that they aren't in Washington state. This makes it far more obvious.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Gotta be honest. I'm 41, and it wasn't until they did the innitial name change that I figured that out. I knew they weren't from Seattle, but I figured they were from somewhere else that represented the rest of the state.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Washington Direct Current?

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago

“The president was serious,” Leavitt told reporters Monday while answering questions on the White House driveway. “He seriously wants to distract you with culture war issues, rather than let you continue to focus on the countless crimes of pedophilia and child rape he's committed in the past.”

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

Party of small government.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

I think Washington Epstein Files rolls off the tongue quite nicely

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Seriously concerned this also won't work to get the conversation off of epstein.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Washington Orange Face-Blasts

They've already got the mascot design

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago

It's like he used Homer Simpson's makeup gun. Either that or he got blasted by Elmer Fudd.

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump moved on from finding out who Epsteins client list is. I wonder why. Oh well, I guess let's start talking about something else instead of how Trump was Epsteins's right-hand man. They both loved little secrets.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

little secrets

It's like Victoria Secret had a kids brand.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 18 points 2 days ago

Where the Epstein files at, Donny Diddler?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I'm very serious about this racist move just so you guys will stop talking about my pedophile history!

Tuesdays were boring. Trump made me dread Tuesdays.