President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order establishing a task force to oversee the 2028 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Los Angeles.
Trump said the order will “mobilize the entire federal government to ensure the games are safe, seamless and historically successful.”
Task force members include Vice President Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Casey Wasserman, chairman of the 2028 LA Olympics organizing committee, was also in attendance on Tuesday. He presented Trump with a set of Olympic medals from the 1984 Summer Olympics, which were also held in Los Angeles.
The order signing came after Trump has clashed with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) over the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in the city.
Trump formed a similar task force earlier this year to oversee the logistics surrounding next year’s FIFA World Cup, which the U.S., Mexico and Canada are jointly hosting.
The Olympics will likely have to contend with various policy changes under the Trump administration.
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee late last month barred transgender women from competing in women’s events, aligning itself with an executive order from the Trump administration.
