To announce that they were changing their name from the Indians to the Guardians, the team got none other than Tom Hanks to narrate the video.
While the team has been known as the Indians since 1915, a more enlightened time meant a change to a less racially insensitive moniker.
“You see, it’s always been Cleveland that is the best part of our name,” Hanks says in the video. “And now it is time to unite as one family, one community, to build the next era for this team, and this city, to keep watch and guard what makes this game the greatest.”
Still, a haughty Trump bemoaned the name change, saying that the people who will be the ‘most angry are the many Indians of our country’. Huh?
‘Can anybody believe that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the name in 1915, are changing their name to the Guardians?’ Trump said in a statement.
‘Such a disgrace, and I guarantee that the people who are most angry about it are the many Indians of our Country. Wouldn’t it be an honor to have a team named the Cleveland Indians, and wouldn’t it be disrespectful to rip that name and logo off of those jerseys?
Just ignore him.