Trump Slammed Obama for Pushing NFL Team to 'Change Their Name' in Decade-Old Tweet. Now He's Doing the Same

In a newly resurfaced tweet, President Donald Trump criticized former President Barack Obama for pushing to change the name of an NFL team — the same team Trump is now focused on renaming.

Over the weekend, Trump took to Truth Social to demand the Washington Commanders revert to their old name. Formerly the "Redskins," the team retired the name in 2020 amid mounting protest against the name widely considered to be a Native American slur.

But in 2013, Trump criticized then-President Obama for weighing in on the team's name.

"President should not be telling the Washington Redskins to change their name—our country has far bigger problems! FOCUS on them, not nonsense," Trump wrote.

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In light of Trump's recent pressure on the NFL team to revert to its former name, which he also extended to the Cleveland Guardians who were formerly the Cleveland Indians, social media users were quick to jump on the hypocrisy of Trump's contradictory positions.

"There is literally always a tweet that goes against what he says," a TikTok user wrote. Another added, "If Trump said it, somewhere out there he said the exact opposite."

The name-change controversy comes as the Trump administration grapples with growing scrutiny over unreleased Epstein investigation files and economic frustration across the country. Some observers see the NFL name flop as a deliberate distraction.

"He's literally just rage-baiting at this point so he doesn't have to take accountability for ANYTHING," one commenter wrote.

Whether Trump's latest culture war volley will result in any official change remains to be seen. But with old tweets just a keyword search away, critics are prepared to use the president's own words against him.