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Donald Trump is readying an executive order that which will have him lead a task force on the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. The White House has scheduled an Oval Office meeting with a selection of athletes and members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to reveal the news. The includes having Trump in charge of the effort.

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00:00Donald Trump is readying an executive order which will have him lead a task force on the

00:042028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The White House has scheduled an Oval Office meeting with

00:10a selection of athletes and members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to reveal the

00:15news. This includes having Trump in charge of the effort. Casey Wasserman, chairperson and

00:20president of LA28, released a statement which read in part, since we secured this historic

00:25opportunity in 2017, President Trump has consistently recognized the magnitude of our

00:30responsibility in welcoming the world to Los Angeles. This new effort is said to be an

00:35intergovernmental task force which will include several departments including law enforcement.

00:40But Trump getting hands-on with the project could exasperate the fractured relationship

00:44between the Trump administration and state and local leadership. A relationship which boiled over

00:49in June due to immigration raids in the city with officials ranging from California Governor Gavin

00:54Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass entering into a war of words with the president. Trump has a long

01:00history of being heavily involved in LA28. In June, Trump ordered a travel ban on 12 countries yet

01:07provided exemptions to Olympic athletes, their coaches and relatives. In January, Trump signed an

01:12executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports and successfully pushed

01:17International Olympic Committee, IOC, to change its rules for LA28 to comply with the order.

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