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.

Trump says Washington Commanders, Cleveland Guardians should revert to old names Ellen DeGeneres says Donald Trump is the reason she moved to U.K. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to pause the development of a new stadium for Washington’s NFL team if it does not agree to his demand to revert to its old “Redskins” title.