Social Media Wonders Why Trump Suddenly Cares About Washington Commanders' Team Name
Trump announced on Sunday that 'the Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team' and claimed that 'there is a big clamoring for this.'
A short time later, he threatened to prevent the team from building a new stadium in D.C. if the name wasn't changed back to the offensive one.
'I may put a restriction on them that if they don't change the name back to the original 'Washington Redskins,' and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, 'Washington Commanders,' I won't make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington,' he said on his TruthSocial platform.
Although the team dropped its racist team name in 2020 after years of criticism and chose to call itself the Commanders before the 2022 season, Trump said earlier this month that the new name 'doesn't have the same ring.'
But many people on social media were skeptical about Trump's sudden obsession with seemingly old news.
Besides making the demand for the Washington Commanders name change, Trump's also been making other plays for people's attention, including:
Renewing the lie that he did not solicit and accept help from Russia in his 2016 campaign
Releasing FBI files on slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., despite the objection of King's family
Posting a bizarre artificial intelligence-generated video of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office
But many people on social media suspected that there's a specific reason the president and his administration have been desperate to, as former White House adviser Stephen Bannon once put it, 'flood the zone with shit.'
That reason? Here's a hint: It's spelled E-p-s-t-e-i-n.
Actual headlines have been dominated by questions about convicted sex offender and Trump buddy Jeffrey Epstein ever since Trump's Department of Justice and FBI declared that Epstein's previously hyped client list doesn't exist. Many MAGA followers have felt duped by the DOJ and FBI's conclusions, and Trump's insulting remarks to people wanting to see what may be in the Epstein investigation files haven't helped sway them.
Will Trump's attempt to create distractions work? Here's what people on social media have to say about it:
To distract from his current catastrophe, Trump's been ranting that the Washington Commanders must be forced to resume calling themselves the Redskins. Let's split the difference and call them the Washington Epsteins
— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) July 21, 2025
Now, do the Epstein files. pic.twitter.com/rzlub3WucQ
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 21, 2025
So, people have been asking me if the term 'redskin' is RACIST and OFFENSIVE. My response? Release the Epstein files now Trump you stupid pedophile.
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) July 21, 2025
The thing about the Washington Redskins stuff is that Donald Trump is a pedophile, a rapist, and a human trafficker, and his party and his base don't give a shit.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) July 20, 2025
The craziest thing about the Washington Commanders/Redskins name change noise is that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) July 21, 2025
The only real conclusion to be drawn from Trump playing culture war hits like 'bring the Redskins back' is that he is terrified of the Epstein stuff and terrified of losing his base by refusing to release the files. pic.twitter.com/c39wQKr7rz
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) July 20, 2025
"Redskins" is trending for one reason."Epstein" keeps trending.He's running out of distractions and is forced to go back to his greatest hits:https://t.co/45Z7zOzWkA
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 21, 2025
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
🚨 Trump is now demanding we bring back racist team names.Yes—he wants the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians restored 'IMMEDIATELY.'This man is in the middle of an Epstein scandal, a border meltdown, and collapsing poll numbers—and he's frothing at the mouth about…
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) July 20, 2025
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