Olympics

Trump to create task force for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

President Donald Trump is establishing a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles, and will sign an executive order on Tuesday to make it official, the White House said.

Move reflects shared commitment to deliver biggest, greatest Games, says event chair

United States President Donald Trump attends the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Final match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium on July 13, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games are among the events he's most looking forward to in his second term. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump is establishing a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles.

Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to make the task force official, the White House said.

Trump has said the Los Angeles Summer Games are among the events he's most looking forward to in his second term. The 2028 Games will be the first Olympics to be hosted by the U.S. since the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Trump "considers it a great honour to oversee this global sporting spectacle," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, calling sports one of the president's "greatest passions."

LA28 president and chair Casey 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."

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