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5 min readTrump's Patriot Games: A Promised Olympic-Scale Event That Turned Into Gym Class on National Television
Donald Trump's "America 250" celebration was supposed to be a year of grand patriotic spectacle marking the nation's semiquincentennial. Instead, its final event—the Patriot Games—unfolded as something far stranger. The president had promised "the greatest high school athletes" from every state and territory competing in an unprecedented four-day Olympic-style event. What actually aired on ABC and ESPN was something else entirely: 120 teenagers in a small Ohio town playing dodgeball, tug of war, and an arcade basketball game called Victory Hoops, inside what looked like a warehouse.
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What you'll learn
- 1 Trump's Big America 250 Gamble Backfires
- 2 (01:15) **The Patriot Games Disaster** - Host introduces the "weirdest" story they've ever reported on: Trump's final America 250 event, the Patriot Games, was an utter failure
- 3 (02:26) **How Participants Were Actually Selected** - Investigation reveals the recruitment process was not based on athletic merit
- 4 (03:04) **The Actual Competition Was Gym Class Level** - Description of the events reveals they resembled elementary school activities, not elite athletics
- 5 (04:46) **Social Media Reaction Goes Viral** - The internet mercilessly mocked the event with comparisons to dog agility courses and state fair games
- 6 (06:06) **Trump Administration Promoted It Heavily** - Despite the disaster, the regime publicly celebrated the event
- 7 (06:56) **Questions About ABC's Involvement** - Host raises questions about whether ABC paid for airtime or if it was part of Trump's settlement with the network
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's biggest failure yet as part of the already disastrous America 250 debacle.
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