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Social media detectives uncovered a 12-year-old tweet from President Donald Trump about the “Washington Redskins” team name, and let’s just say it aged like milk.
On Sunday, news broke that President Donald Trump had threatened to hold up the Washington Commanders’ push for a new stadium if they didn’t go back to the “Redskins” team name. Following decades of controversy, the name was dropped in 2020 after team sponsors threatened to stop funding the team.
Trump has been vocal about his preference for Washington to bring back the old team name, even though owner Josh Harris has been adamant about keeping the “Commanders” in place.
Amid the president’s push for Washington’s NFL team to bring back its old team name, however, alert internet detectives uncovered a 2013 tweet from Trump himself. And boy, does it ever make him look like a hypocrite:
There’s ALWAYS a tweet.
(Yesterday, Trump threatened to block the Washington Commanders’ stadium deal unless they change the name back to ‘Redskins’.) pic.twitter.com/LVTEYbsPNG
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 21, 2025
In 2013, then-President Obama said he’d "think about changing" name of the Redskins if he owned the team. Trump tweeted the "President should not be telling the Redskins to change their name—our country has far bigger problems! FOCUS on them, not nonsense”
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup pic.twitter.com/ZoeaLGyw7h— Sylvia Dahlby (@SylvieDahl) July 22, 2025
2013 Trump: “FOCUS on bigger problems, not Redskins name.”
2025 Trump: “Change it BACK to Redskins immediately.”
Pick a lane, man. Hypocrisy in 280 characters or less. 🏈🤡#Trump #Hypocrisy #WashingtonCommanders #Redskins pic.twitter.com/Qy0h0vTaTA
— Lorenzo Maldonado (@TheRealLoDown) July 21, 2025
🙄🙄🙄🙄 pic.twitter.com/yYqxFUCgr2
— Chris Tilghman (@TilghmanChris) July 21, 2025
Never mind all the problems the United States is facing domestically and internationally. The 79-year-old is too focused on forcing a professional football team to change its name. Just when you thought you’ve seen it all in the Trump administration.
The Washington NFL franchise originated in Boston in 1932. After one year with the “Braves” team name, it was changed to “Redskins” in 1933. The team relocated to Washington in 1937 and retained the name for the next 82 years, until then-owner Dan Snyder dropped it in 2020.
They adopted the “Washington Football Team” title for two years before settling on “Commanders” in 2022.
Harris and the Commanders’ ownership have repeatedly made it clear that the current name is here to stay. Donald Trump can keep pushing for the name change, but the President of the United States doesn’t have the full power to tell a sports team what they can and cannot do.
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