President Donald Trump’s ‘Patriot Games’ Announcement Draws Complaints and Shock: ‘Like Why?’

President Donald Trump plans to celebrate the United States of America’s upcoming 250th birthday with a fierce competition — so may the odds be ever in your favor.

In a video announcement shared by the Freedom 250 YouTube account, the 79-year-old president announced the “first-ever Patriot Games,” which Trump said will be held in the fall.

The Apprentice alum described the upcoming Patriot Games as “an unprecedented four-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes — one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”

However, Trump added that he promises there will be “no men playing in women’s sports,” alluding to the ongoing discourse surrounding transgender athletes.

“You’re not going to see that,” Trump insisted. “You’ll see everything but that.”

Following the announcement, social media exploded with comparisons to The Hunger Games, a series of dystopian novels that were turned into a film series starring Jennifer Lawrence in which people fight to the death.

“The patriot games…. I’ve seriously seen it all… like why,” one social media user asked on X (formerly Twitter). “And the way you know he was FULLY inspired by the hunger games makes it even more deranged.”

Another wrote, “We asked for affordable health care and Republicans are giving us the Hunger Games.”

One social media user said they were “shocked” that the president is calling the competition the Patriot Games and “not the Trump Games,” appearing to allude to the recent announcement that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will be renamed to honor Trump.

On the YouTube announcement, people also responded in the comments section, with one asking: “Who wants to volunteer as tribute?”

Another person commented, “Next will be the purge.”