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Donald Trump enters Patriot Games finals with Pat McAfee after Air Force One flight to Cleveland
visibility comment0 event August 11, 2026 timer 21:00
President Donald Trump traveled from Washington DC. to Geneva, Ohio, outside of Cleveland, to attend the finale of the Patriot Games, a national youth athletics competition celebrating America’s 250th birthday.
Trump’s visit caps a three-day event that began Sunday and is set to end with one male and one female athlete being crowned champions. The two winners are set to receive $125,00 in scholarship prize money each.
The competition, held at a boarding school called SPIRE Academy, has featured 120 teenagers ages 14 to 17 from across the country who have competed against each other in games straight out of gym glass: boot camp drills, track and field events, the presidential fitness test, obstacle courses, and team competitions in kickball, dodgeball and tug of war.
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