US EditionFriday briefing: Trump’s new tariff plan; Smithsonian impeachment exhibit; presidential fitness test; wildfire smoke; and more
- Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive the Presidential Fitness Test, which was ended in 2012, in an effort to promote physical fitness among American youth.
- The test will focus on enhancing military readiness and aims to foster a new generation of healthy citizens, according to Trump's statements.
- Concerns have been raised about the test's accessibility, with experts labeling it a "relic of the Cold War era" and fearing some children may be excluded from participation.
- Trump emphasized the initiative as a step towards creating a culture of strength and excellence for the youth of America.
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There’s A Deeper Reason For Trump Resurrecting The Presidential Fitness Test
By Mary Rooke, Daily Caller News Foundation | July 31, 2025 President Donald Trump is re-instituting the Presidential Fitness Test. By doing so, he’ll ignite a critical movement in America, as our country stands at a cultural crossroads. Trump announced that he will host several professional athletes Thursday at the White House to celebrate the signing of an executive order mandating that public schools reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test.…
U.S. President Donald Trump re-established Thursday the Presidential Physical Fitness Test for U.S. Children, a basic element of public schools for decades that measured the health and athletics of young people with 1.6-kilometre careers, abs and stretching exercises. “This is a wonderful tradition and we are recovering it,” Trump said about the physical fitness test that began in 1966, but was phased out during the Obama administration. An exec…
Trump Signs Order Bringing Back Fitness Challenge to American Schools
For decades, we’ve watched American kids swap running around for sitting around. Everyone gets a trophy now. Nobody learns what it means to really win.... The post Trump Signs Order Bringing Back Fitness Challenge to American Schools appeared first on Patriot Journal.
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