Los Angeles looks toward 2028 Olympics after IOC visit

Los Angeles 2028 Olympic officials on Thursday said they have been in contact with the incoming Trump administration and are confident that the U.S. federal government will deliver on its promises to support the Games. The federal government plays a key role in providing security, transportation, travel assistance for the Olympics. "When he was president and in his comments leading up to the election, President-elect Trump has been incredibly clear about the responsibility we have hosting world events," LA28 chairman and president Casey Wasserman told Reuters. Wasserman helped lead the city's successful bid for the Games, and said the Olympics are apolitical. "President Trump was president when we got the Games in 2017 and signed federally binding documents that committed them to deliver security and transportation," Wasserman told a press conference following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) coordination commission's visit to Los Angeles."The Olympics aren't about politics. They're not about red and blue, they're about red, white and blue." The first Trump administration in 2017 enacted a travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, which U.S. President Donald Trump at the time said was needed to protect the U.S. against attacks by Islamist militants. President Joe Biden ended the travel ban when he took office in 2021. Wasserman said he was not concerned that a return of similar travel restrictions would impact the Southern California city's ability to host the Games. "These are America's Games taking place in Los Angeles, and it sits above politics in just about every way we experience." Wasserman said. (Production: Sandra Stojanovic; Omar Younis; Matt M. McKnight) Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews