New York’s education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in.

The Massapequa School District on Long Island is at the center of a growing national controversy after President Trump voiced support for its effort to keep the “Chiefs” mascot. The former president posted on Truth Social,

President Donald Trump ordered Education Secretary Linda McMahon to intervene in a New York legal dispute over a school using a Native American mascot. The New York Board of Regents ordered all New York public schools to remove Native American names and imagery.