BREAKING: Trump signs executive order reinstating Presidential Fitness Test

On Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reimplementing the Presidential Fitness Test in schools across the nation. He was joined by famous athletes for the signing, including golfer Bryson DeChambeau, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker.

"The order that I'll sign today in a few moments directs the council to develop strategies to improve America's physical fitness and renew the American spirit, excellence, competitiveness, and sportsmanship. To that end, I'm pleased to announce that we're officially restoring the Presidential Fitness Test and the Presidential Fitness Award, and it's going to be a very big thing," Trump said.

Trump announced that famed sports stars in attendance, including DeChambeau and former WWE wrestler Paul Levesque, better known for his stage name Triple H, were added to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

DeChambeau said, "We have an opportunity at being the 70th anniversary of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, to literally change the fabric of kids' lives. And our first initiative is to bring back and reignite the President's Fitness Test and then also reestablish some key other metrics on guidelines around building some communities."

Butker said, "Obviously, very excited to be here. Thank you, Mr. President, for allowing me to serve on the council. Just excited to do my part to help make America healthy again, to help our youth be healthy and thrive and grow up and be great citizens of this country and great members and contribute to this great country."

Levesque said, "For me, since I was 14, this has been such an important part of my life, health, fitness, sports, nutrition, all of it. I think learning that at a young age set you up for success in life, and without it, you're at a lesser place for it. So I look forward to the opportunity to do this."

The order reestablishes the test first introduced by President Lyndon B Johnson in 1966. It creates school-based programs that reward "excellence in education." Under the order, criteria are being developed for a Presidential Fitness Award. The test was abandoned in 2012 by President Barack Obama, who replaced it with the FitnessGram.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN in a statement ahead of the signing, "President Trump wants every young American to have the opportunity to emphasize healthy, active lifestyles — creating a culture of strength and excellence for years to come."

The order will address "the widespread epidemic of declining health and physical fitness," and instructs the presidential council to partner with sports organizations, professional athletes, and influential figures. The test will be administered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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