Overview
- President Donald Trump announced a four-day Patriot Games featuring one high-school boy and one girl from each state and U.S. territory, planned for fall 2026.
- The White House has not released selection criteria, event formats, venues or funding specifics, though a national broadcast is referenced in a fact sheet.
- Trump reiterated his policy barring biological males from women’s events, aligning the competition with his administration’s stance on transgender participation in sports.
- The games are part of the broader Freedom 250 program that also includes a Great American State Fair on the National Mall, a planned UFC event at the White House, and proposed monuments such as a triumphal arch and a National Garden of American Heroes.
- Online reaction featured widespread comparisons to Suzanne Collins’ 'The Hunger Games,' while some supporters likened the idea to an Olympics-style showcase for youth athletes.