Defends Washington Redskins name, tells Obama to focus elsewhere

As debate intensified over the Washington Redskins' name being offensive to Native Americans, Trump tweeted "President should not be telling the Washington Redskins to change their name-our country has far bigger problems! FOCUS on them,not nonsense." Obama had said he would consider changing the name if he owned the team. Trump's intervention positioned him against those calling for sensitivity to Native American concerns.

"President should not be telling the Washington Redskins to change their name-our country has far bigger problems!" — Twitter, October 8, 2013