Donald Trump announced the “Patriot Games” for 2026, a youth competition for states that was compared to The Hunger Games.
The president of USA, donald trumpannounced the creation of the so-called “Patriot Games”a national sports competition that will be held in 2026 as part of the commemoration of 250th anniversary of the country’s independence. The initiative, which will bring together young athletes from all over the United States, generated immediate criticism from the opposition, who compared it to the film saga The Hunger Games.
The event will take place at the fall 2026 and, as Trump explained in an official video, it will be “an unprecedented athletic event” of four days long. The best high school athletes will participate: one man and one woman for each state and territory of the United States.
Trump assured that the Patriot Games they will be broadcast on television and stressed that they seek to exalt the competitive and patriotic spirit of the country within the framework of a historical date.
Trump’s statements about transgender athletes
During the announcement, the president took the opportunity to reiterate his position regarding the participation of transgender athletes in sports competitions.
“But I guarantee there will be no men in women’s sports.“Trump stated, in what was interpreted as a new offensive against this sector, a position that has already generated controversy both at the level political as social.
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It should be remembered that the idea of these games it’s not new. In last julyduring a rally in IowaTrump had already announced his intention to organize this competition and indicated that he wanted it to be led by the Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedyin addition to being widely televised.
The opposition compares the Patriot Games to “The Hunger Games”
The reactions were immediate. Sectors of the opposition They compared the Patriot Games with the movie The Hunger Gamesa dystopian story in which a totalitarian regime forces young people from different districts to confront each other in a televised event.
The official account of Democratic Party in X (@TheDemocrats) published a fragment of the first film in the saga. The clip shows the moment in which it is announced that each district must send a young man and a young woman as a tribute to compete in a show described as “honor, bravery and sacrifice”.
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Although the comparison is symbolic, critics consider that the narrative and format of the event evoke a vision authoritarian and propagandistic.
Arc de Triomphe in Washington, another Trump proposal
In the same video, donald trump He also reiterated his intention to build a Arc de Triomphe in Washingtonan idea I had previously mentioned in October.
“We are the only major place that does not have an Arc de Triomphe. A beautiful Arc de Triomphe, like the one in Paris. Let’s have one in Washington, D.C.very soon,” said the president.
With these proposals, Trump continues to set his agenda for the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the United Statesin the middle of a climate polarized politician and strong debates about the symbolism and scope of their initiatives.
