President Trump Revives the Presidential Fitness Test That Former President Barack Obama’s Administration Killed

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday restoring the Presidential Fitness Test, the competitive school fitness benchmark that was a rite of passage for generations of American kids before the administration of former President Barack Obama quietly phased it out in 2013.

The signing took place in the Oval Office with golf legend Gary Player at the President’s side. From there, Trump headed to the White House South Lawn, where students, athletes, and members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition gathered for a full Presidential Fitness Challenge event.

“From the late 1950s until 2013, grade schoolers across the country competed against each other in the Presidential Fitness Test,” Trump said. “Then we had the Obama administration, which phased out this wonderful