White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the order is aligned with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Created in 1966, the Presidential Fitness Test was replaced by the Presidential Youth Fitness Program in 2013 under the Obama administration.
TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMING TO ‘SAVE COLLEGE ATHLETICS’
Trump will be joined by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, and golfer Bryson DeChambeau, among other athletes.
The signing is expected to take place in the White House’s Roosevelt Room at 4 p.m. on Thursday.