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Trump launches massive ‘Freedom 250’ push to ignite America’s 250th birthday celebration

Freedom 250 includes the Patriot Games with one boy and girl representing each state in a four-day athletic event, plus a Great American State Fair and other signature celebrations.

  • In a Thursday video, Trump announced Freedom 250 and the Patriot Games for 2026, saying it will be 'the most spectacular birthday party' for America's 250th anniversary.
  • Freedom 250 will oversee the events as a national, non-partisan organization coordinating with federal agencies through 2026, with Keith Krach, Freedom 250 CEO, leading the effort.
  • In the fall, the Patriot Games will be an unprecedented four-day athletic event sending one young man and one young woman from each state and territory, spotlighting outstanding high school athletes and celebrating discipline, sportsmanship, and teamwork.
  • Critics and many Democrats immediately compared the Patriot Games to 'The Hunger Games' on social media, with the White House did not respond to comment.
  • Planners outlined a slate that features a UFC event at the White House on Flag Day, nightly Washington Monument lighting through Jan. 5, 2026, and a triumphal arc with a statue garden.
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Trump announced a four-day sporting event in which each state should send two athletes into the race. A "hunger games" comparison follows.

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US President Donald Trump announced that, in the context where the US celebrates 250 years of existence in 2026, the country will organise "Patriotic Games", a sport competition where young people from each state participate in which the opposition is democratic...

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Trump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ a youth athletic competition celebrating United States’ 250th birthday

The president revealed the plans for the Patriot Games in a video announcement from Freedom 250, which was launched Thursday. It is a “a national, non-partisan organization leading the Administration’s celebration of America’s 250th birthday,” according to a news release.

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President Donald Trump announced that the White House will host the Patriot Games, a competition with young athletes from all over the country, as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. “In the fall we will organize the first Patriot Games, an unprecedented four-day athletic event that will feature the best high school athletes: a young man and a young woman from every state and territory,” Trump said in a Freedom…

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Havasu News broke the news in on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
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