President Donald Trump’s demand the Washington Commanders NFL team revert to its recently retired “Redskins” name is being laughed off on Capitol Hill — by veteran Democrats from the region, at least.

When President Donald Trump reopened a long-closed conversation about the name of the Washington NFL team, he and others implied that liberal thinking forced the venerable franchise to change its name from Redskins to Commanders in 2022.

President Trump on Sunday publicly demanded that the Washington Commanders change the team name back to the Redskins— labeling them derisively the “Washington Whatever’s.”

Washington, D.C., Council Chairman Phil Mendelson suggested he would have no issue with the Washington Commanders using the Redskins nickname again.

After rebranding the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America earlier this year, Trump is now calling for the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians to revert their names to the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians, respectively.

Study shows that 90% of Native Americans aren't offended by the Redskins and fine with the Washington Commanders changing it back.

Two Native American groups on Monday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to block a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team restores its old and controversial Redskins name.

Despite the many national and international challenges he faces, President Donald Trump on Sunday let the world know he had something else on his mind: the name of Washington’s NFL team.