WATCH: How many pull-ups can you do? Trump revives fitness test for school kids
WATCH: How many pull-ups can you do? Trump revives fitness test for school kids
The test had been discontinued in 2012 and replaced with a fitness program during Barack Obama’s term.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, confirming Trump's revival of the Presidential Fitness Test, which was discontinued during Obama's administration. There's a slight bias due to the selection of sources and framing, focusing on negative reactions to the test's revival. The core claim about the revival of the fitness test is well-supported.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Trump revives fitness test for school kids.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms that President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating the national fitness assessment.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms Trump is bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms President Trump's revival of the Presidential Fitness Test.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: The test had been discontinued in 2012 and replaced with a fitness program during Barack Obama's term.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms the test was sunset during the Obama administration.
- Assessment: Supported by source 1.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating the national fitness assessment, which was sunset during the Obama administration.
- Source 3: If you spent your childhood struggling to do chin-ups or groaning over a sit-and-reach box in gym class, brace yourself. Today, President...