{"id":32745,"date":"2025-07-31T17:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=32745"},"modified":"2025-07-31T17:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:50:59","slug":"controversial-chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-set-to-join-president-donald-trump-at-white-house-for-special-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=32745","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker Set To Join President Donald Trump At White House For Special Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?-->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harrison Butker is unapologetically a fan of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An off day at Chiefs Training Camp means the players are able to do what they want.<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs kicker already had somewhere special he wanted to be.<\/p>\n<p>Butker, along with LIV Tour golfer Bryson DeChambeau and NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, will travel to Washington, D.C. on Thursday as President Donald Trump re-establishes the Presidential Fitness Test.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udea8 JUST IN: President Trump is today signing an executive order to bring the Presidential Fitness Test back to public schools.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll be joined by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, golfer Bryson DeChambeau and others,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/3JGnKXHTtA<br \/>\n\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The presidential order will formally reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, which was first introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, creating school-based programs that reward \u201cexcellence in physical education\u201d and developing criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26682895-1-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison Butker in uniform\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The test consisted of:<br \/>\nsit-ups (timed out for one minute)<\/p>\n<p>push-ups (as many as possible without a rest)<\/p>\n<p>pull-ups (as many as possible) or flex arm hang (as long as possible)<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-foot shuttle run<\/p>\n<p>V-seat reach<\/p>\n<p>One-mile run<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 1.5em 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25564169-1-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison Butker in uniform\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Harrison Butker has met with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker took a solo trip to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. The White House and POTUS official Instagram accounts posted a photo of the 29-year-old shaking hands with Trump during a conversation in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, a White House official told Fox News that Butker \u201cstopped by\u201d the White House, and \u201cthe President couldn\u2019t have been happier to say hello.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has been tremendously successful in his chosen profession but has become more known for his politics and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Butker delivered the commencement address at Benedictine College and stated what he perceives as a woman\u2019s ultimate and rightful place: the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke on the dangers of the \u201cchurch of nice,\u201d as well as bashing Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p>Butker has never apologized for his words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Harrison Butker is unapologetically a fan of Donald Trump. &nbsp; An off day at Chiefs Training Camp means the players are able to do what they want. 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