This month, President Trump announced a new competition for young Americans.

In the fall, we will host the first ever Patriot Games, an unprecedented four-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes.

One young man and one young woman from each state and territory will participate, he said.

For the president, it's just the latest example of

his keen interest in aligning his name with sports and sporting events. Trump had been in office

less than a month when he went to the Super Bowl, making him the first sitting president to attend

the big game.

When Trump came up on the Jumbotron during the national anthem, he was met with a mix of cheers and jeers. A week later, he was at the Daytona 500. Then there was the U.S. Open, the

Ryder Cup, two UFC matches in all more than a dozen major sporting events so far this year.

He even went into the Fox broadcast booth during a Washington Commander's game.

And let's see, we have a very important, I think this is a very important couple of plays.

Here we go.

It's a complete turnaround from his first term when Trump had to cancel a White House celebration for the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles because so few players wanted to attend.

Now, seven years later, he hosts love fest with athletes in the Oval Office.

Clay Travis is the founder of the sports website Outkick, and he's written a book

about Trump's sports and politics. He said earlier this year when he flew on Air Force One with Trump,

the president had Fox News on one TV and a UFC match on the other. He's a huge sports fan.

Like, this isn't fake. I think a lot of politicians pretend to be

sports fans because they're trying to connect with the regular guy or regular gal out there who is a

sports fan and it makes them seem like a normal person. I think this is Trump.

Consider this. President Trump is using his position to access

sporting events across the country and embed himself with teams and fans. He's leveraging sports

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