President Donald Trump has formed a new task force for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He signed an executive order on Tuesday, calling the upcoming event “safe, seamless and historically successful.”
“The L.A. Olympics is shaping up to be a wonderful moment for America. It’s going to be incredible. It’s so exciting,” Trump said at the White House.
The 2028 Olympics will be the first Games hosted in the U.S. since the 2002 Winter Games in Utah. Trump said the task force will handle security, streamline visas, and manage logistics for athletes, coaches, media, and guests.
Earlier this year, Trump sent National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests. He now says that military support could be part of Olympic planning too.
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Trump will chair the task force. Vice President JD Vance will serve as vice chair. Others include Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. All of them stood beside him on Tuesday.
Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin and Paralympian Brad Snyder were also in the room.
At one point, Trump praised Gene Sykes, chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, for backing rules that bar transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
He paused and looked around.
“It’s amazing that we don’t hear any applause for that… nobody wants to clap. It’s crazy.”
A few people clapped quietly.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later said Trump “considers it a great honor to oversee this global sporting spectacle,” calling sports one of the president’s “greatest passions.”
LA28 president Casey Wasserman presented Trump with a set of Olympic medals from 1984. Trump held them up for cameras and said, “Can I say I won them athletically?”
Wasserman said the task force “marks an important step forward in our planning efforts and reflects our shared commitment to delivering not just the biggest, but the greatest Games the world has ever seen in the summer of 2028.”
Trump also said he’s excited about the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. On the same day, leaders from all three countries met to begin security planning.
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