Donald Trump announced that the White House will host the first-ever Patriot Games next fall as part of Freedom 250, following his July preview of the semiquincentennial competition.He said the four-day televised event will invite one young man and one young woman from each state and territory, will be overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, and forms part of a broader slate that includes a Great American State Fair, a National Prayer Event, a Memorial Day parade and proposals to build a triumphal arch and hold a UFC event on the South Lawn with Dana White.Democrats and online critics mocked the proposal as reminiscent of
The Hunger Games and raised immediate questions about selection rules, gender inclusion, funding, logistics on the National Mall and coordination with
America250 and public agencies.
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