According to a senior source at the White House, the president’s people have been privately discussing the possibility with investor Josh Harris, who leads the Commanders’ ownership group.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt neither confirmed nor denied the report when reached by ESPN on Friday night, saying, “That would be a beautiful name, as it was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the new stadium possible.”

Another senior White House source was more direct, telling the outlet, “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen.”

President Donald Trump is reportedly interested in having the Washington Commanders' new D.C. football stadium named in his honor.

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A Commanders’ spokesperson declined comment to ESPN on Saturday and did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s questions.

Getting the $3.7 billion sports complex to bear Trump’s name would require more than just convincing the Commanders’ leadership, however.

Though the team owns the naming rights to the stadium, Washington, D.C.,’s council and the National Park Services would also have to approve. The council leases the stadium to the team, and the National Park Service manages the federal land the new complex will sit on.

Still, a separate source with knowledge of the stadium deal said the president “has plenty of leverage” to get what he wants.

The $3.7 billion sports complex will be built on the land that the soon-to-be demolished Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, pictured, sits on.

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“He has cards to play. He can make it very difficult, through government environmental approvals and other things, to make sure everyone who wants this stadium to be built will join to put his name on it,” the source told ESPN. “Trump has plenty of cards to play to get his way.”

Reportedly, Trump does not want to pay for the naming rights, which are typically sold to corporate sponsors for millions.

The president has tried to use that sway to strong-arm the Commanders to do what he wants before.

Back in July, he threatened to block the stadium’s construction if the team did not take back its old name, the Washington Redskins, which was abandoned in 2020 after decades of criticism that the name is racially insensitive to Native Americans.