Last week, ABC broadcast its coverage of the 2026 Patriot Games, an event United States President Donald Trump announced last year as part of the country's America 250 celebration marking the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The event, which promised to include "the greatest high school athletes" in the country as they competed for scholarship money, was broadcast in a primetime slot on ABC, was attended by Trump himself, and was praised by ESPN star Pat McAfee, who also attended the event alongside the president.
Despite all of that, the television ratings suggest that the event was an overwhelming failure, and Trump has been openly mocked as a result.
Trump unveiled the Patriot Games in 2025 as a first-of-its-kind athletic competition intended to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
"In the fall, we will host the first-ever 'Patriot Games,' an unprecedented 4-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from each state and territory," Trump said at the time.
#games #united
The event, which promised to include "the greatest high school athletes" in the country as they competed for scholarship money, was broadcast in a primetime slot on ABC, was attended by Trump himself, and was praised by ESPN star Pat McAfee, who also attended the event alongside the president.
Despite all of that, the television ratings suggest that the event was an overwhelming failure, and Trump has been openly mocked as a result.
Trump unveiled the Patriot Games in 2025 as a first-of-its-kind athletic competition intended to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
"In the fall, we will host the first-ever 'Patriot Games,' an unprecedented 4-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from each state and territory," Trump said at the time.
#games #united
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