US EditionTrump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ with 2 high school athletes from each state
The Patriot Games will feature 100 top high school athletes, highlighting youth competition and national pride as part of the 250th anniversary celebrations.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced the White House will host the Patriot Games next fall, an unprecedented four-day event featuring one male and one female high school athlete from each state and territory.
- Freedom 250 launched Thursday and unveiled plans in a video announcement, creating a public-private partnership separate from the congressionally established America250.
- Alongside the games, the plan includes a White House UFC event on Flag Day hosted by Dana White with 20,000 to 25,000 attendees and a triumphal arch near Arlington starting construction soon.
- Online reaction included Democrats and social media users mocking the games as `The Hunger Games`, while the announcement recalled the executive order `Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports` with Trump's line, `But I promise there will be no men playing in women's sports`.
- The broader program will run across 2026 and includes summer events from June 25 to July 10 on the National Mall, featuring the Great American State Fair and largest fireworks display, as Trump said.
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The U.S. President proudly announced this Thursday the holding in the fall of 2026 of the first "Patriot Games". He talks about an "unprecedented four-day sporting event bringing together the best athletes of the country's high schools". The initial postulate makes a lot of netizens grow teeth for whom these rules look far too much like those of the dystopic teen novel successfully adapted by Hollywood. - Trump launches a competition for the 250…
The U.S. president has just announced a brand new competition that is closer to some of the features of the book "Hunger Games". ...
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Trump reveals ‘Patriot Games’ for high school athletes as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration
High school athletes from around the country will converge next year to compete in the "Patriot Games," a new athletic competition as part of America's 250th birthday celebration, President Trump announced Thursday.
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