President Trump praises Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at White House ceremony
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- Harrison Butker joined President Trump at White House for executive order signing.
- Trump’s order revives the Presidential Fitness Test for public school use.
- Athletes Bryson DeChambeau, Triple H and Lawrence Taylor also attended.
Earlier this year, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, but it was unclear why the visit took place.
Perhaps we now know.
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order “revitalizing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test.”
Joining Trump at the event at the White House were Butker, vice president J.D. Vance, golfer Bryson DeChambeau, former Giants star Lawrence Taylor and WWE’s Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
Butker spoke at the ceremony.
“Thank you Mr. President for allowing me to serve on the council,” Butker said. “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. And I think you have to be strong in mind and body and soul, so thank you so much for allowing me to be here.”
President Trump praised Butker for his good looks.
“You’re a handsome guy, by the way,” Trump said. “It’s usually not my thing, but he is a good looking sucker.”
Butker has made a number of clutch kicks in his eight seasons with the Chiefs. His field goal won Super Bowl LVII, and he forced overtime in Super Bowl LVIII with a late field goal. He also won the AFC Championship Game after the 2022 season with a field goal that beat the Cincinnati Bengals at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Chiefs had a day off from training camp Thursday.
President Trump, who was at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans and met with some Chiefs players, is bringing back the Fitness Test that the Associated Press said was introduced in 1966. That story noted the test had children “perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test.”
A news release from the White House outlined actions that would be taken with the executive order:
- Reestablishes the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to develop bold and innovative fitness goals for young Americans with the aim of fostering a new generation of healthy, active citizens.
- Directs the Council to create school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education and develop criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award.
- Reestablishes the Presidential Fitness Test, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- Ensures 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.
- Instructs the Council to partner with professional athletes, sports organizations, and influential figures.
This story was originally published July 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM with the headline "President Trump praises Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at White House ceremony."
