Trump will host a number of professional athletes at the White House this afternoon to sign an executive order revitalizing the president’s council on sports, fitness and nutrition.
The order will also revive the 1960’s-era Presidential Fitness Test in public schools, which awards children with the highest physical fitness scores with presidential recognition. The test will be administered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to the White House.
“President Trump wants to ensure America’s future generations are strong, healthy, and successful,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. The White House also emphasized the need for establishing physical “military readiness” among America’s youth.
The order tasks the fitness council, chaired by professional golfer and Trump surrogate Bryson DeChambeau, to develop criteria for school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education and to champion partnerships with influential athletes and sports organizations.
DeChambeau will be joined by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor at the signing. New Jersey physician Stephen Soloway, who served on Trump’s first fitness council, and billionaire Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell will also be present.