US EditionTrump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ with 2 high school athletes from each state
- 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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‘Patriot Games,’ UFC Fight at White House to Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 18 that an athletic contest and a UFC fight will occur next year in honor of America’s 250th birthday. The “Patriot Games” will span four days, featuring high school athletes—a male and a female from each state and territory, the president said. He did not go into details as to what would be played or where. Trump said that the men and women will compete separately. “I promise there will be no …
"I promise there will be no men playing in women’s sports” Trump announces 'Patriot Games,' with 2 high school athletes from each state
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans for a “Patriot Games” next year that will pit top high school athletes from across the country against one another as part of a series of events to mark 250 years since the nation’s founding.
The President of the United States has confirmed the celebration of the four-day sporting event to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
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 President of the United States announced the creation of a new national sporting competition on Thursday 18 December. Titled "Patriot Games", its principle has similarities with the dystopic saga "Hunger...
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