The Kansas City Chiefs were off on July 31, with no training camp practice scheduled, and kicker Harrison Butker used that free time to visit the White House as a guest of President Donald Trump.
Butker even gave a brief speech alongside the President, which KSHB 41 sports anchor and reporter McKenzie Nelson shared on X.
“Chiefs’ Harrison Butker at the White House as President Trump signs an executive order expanding on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools,” Nelson stated.
“Obviously, very excited to be here,” Butker began, after taking the podium.
Continuing: “Thank you, Mr. President, for allowing me to serve on the council. I’m 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 be great family members, and contribute to this great country.”
Butker concluded that “I think you have to be strong in mind, in body, and soul,” thanking President Trump once again.
Per a press release from The White House, “today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order revitalizing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test.”
This Order aims to develop “bold and innovative fitness goals for young Americans,” create “school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education,” and ensure “American youth will have opportunities at the global, national, State, and local levels that emphasize the importance of an active lifestyle, good nutrition, American sports, and military readiness,” while also partnering with professional athletes, sports organizations, and influential figures.
Furthermore, the Order aims to “maintain a strong and vital America” and make America “active again.”
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