What Are Trump's Patriot Games? Teens From Every State Are Competing for a $250,000 Prize Pool

Two teenagers from each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as several territories and tribal nations, are competing this week for a hefty scholarship fund in President Donald Trump’s “Patriot Games” as part of the U.S. government’s commemoration of the country’s 250th birthday. The games consist of a series of physical challenges that are “designed to test strength, endurance, agility, teamwork, and perseverance,” the Freedom 250 website reads. Participating athletes arrived at the campus of SPIRE Academy, a sports-focused boarding school in Geneva, Ohio, late last week and began competing on Sunday. The events will continue through the finale, which is set to take place at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, and a one-hour special recapping the event is then set to air on Thursday. Trump is expected to attend the finale, according to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.“President Trump looks forward to attending the Patriot Games in Ohio on Tuesday as we continue to celebrate 250 years of American greatness!” Leavitt posted on X. The games follow a number of other semiquincentennial celebrations that have been organized by Freedom250, a nonprofit effort created by President Trump for the purpose, incl...