President Donald Trump said he might intervene on behalf of the Washington Commanders if the D.C. Council fails to approve a new stadium deal.

When Mayor Muriel Bowser and team owner Josh Harris announced they reached a deal to build a new stadium on the RFK Stadium site, the team set a July 15 deadline for the Council to act. While the Council will take a preliminary vote on the financing of the deal by that deadline, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson removed the bulk of the stadium legislation from the upcoming budget vote next week and has said it’s unlikely the Council will vote on that before September.

Trump was asked if he would intervene on the team’s behalf if the Council fails to approve the deal.

“It’s a very important piece of property; it’s a great piece of property,” he said. “So, we’ll see. But if I can help them out, I will. You know, ultimately, we control that; the federal government ultimately controls it. So, we’ll see what happens.”

Mendelson acknowledged last week he’s aware Harris’ relationship with the president.

“The owner’s very, very successful and a very good man. I know him a little bit,” Trump said. “And it would be a great place for the NFL to be there, I can tell you that. So, if they want to negotiate a little tough, that’s OK with me.”

Asked about the possibility of Trump intervening, Bowser said she’s concerned about “all forms of political risk.”

“Delaying only introduces risk, and those risks can come in all forms,” she said. “There could be political, economic, there could be some upending of the economy that none of us can foresee, and that’s what risk introduces. A delay introduces that risk.”

Bowser acknowledged Trump isn’t the only one who could interject himself in the deal. U.S. Rep. James Comer, D-Tenn., who chairs the House Oversite Committee, told News4 last week he plans on talking to Mendelson about the delay on the legislation.

“James Comer is very interested in the development of RFK, and I’ll leave it at that,” Bowser said. “Like, if this is your oversite chair, he drafted, he authored the legislation, spearheaded it through the Congress, helped with it in the Senate, and I don’t think he’s looking to see it die at the Council of the District of Columbia.”

The Commanders and Mendelson declined to comment on the president’s remarks about the proposal.