"Since Donald Trump has returned to the White House, Olympics, LA 28 and FIFA officials have lavished the president with praise, attention and gifts, and contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaign war chests of the Republican Party and Trump's political allies amid rising concerns that Trump could seriously undermine the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games or even prevent the two most watched events on planet from even taking place."
"LA 28 chairman Casey Wasserman even made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Palm Beach estate, in January, just days before the inauguration. FIFA president Gianni Infantino brought along the World Cup trophy on a visit to the Oval Office. RELATED: Trump warns he'll move World Cup soccer games out of unsafe' cities like Santa Clara? Only the winners are allowed to hold it, Infantino told Trump as he handed the trophy to the president."
"Yet the fawning has not prevented Trump from threatening to move the Olympic Games out of Los Angeles and relocate World Cup matches from Blue State strongholds such as the Boston area, Seattle and the Bay Area. If I thought LA was not going to be prepared properly, I would move it to another location, Trump told reporters earlier this month. (California governor) Gavin Newsom, he's got to get his act together."
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, Olympics, LA 28 and FIFA officials have lavished the president with praise, attention and gifts and contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republican campaign war chests and Trump's political allies. LA 28 chairman Casey Wasserman visited Mar-a-Lago days before the inauguration and FIFA president Gianni Infantino brought the World Cup trophy to the Oval Office. Trump has threatened to move the Los Angeles Olympic Games and relocate World Cup matches from Democratic-leaning cities such as the Boston area, Seattle and the Bay Area. The president cannot legally remove the Olympics but control over federal funding and visas could be used as leverage against organizers and potentially jeopardize event integrity and success.
Read at www.ocregister.com
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