Overview
- ESPN reported that a senior White House source said back‑channel contacts have conveyed the president’s wish and asserted it “will probably happen.”
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt called naming the venue after Trump “a beautiful name” and credited him with making the stadium project possible.
- Team sources told ESPN there had been no formal talks as of Saturday, though possible conversations could occur Sunday when Trump attends the Commanders–Lions game.
- The Commanders can sell corporate naming rights, but formal memorialization of an individual would fall to the D.C. Council and the National Park Service.
- The $3.7 billion, 65,000‑seat domed stadium at the RFK site was approved by the D.C. Council for a 2030 opening, after Trump in July threatened to hinder the deal over the team’s name.