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Dulcinea

(9,403 posts)
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 06:52 AM Aug 2025

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

(LA Times) In past Olympic Games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Trump may have other plans.

An executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday names him chair of a White House task force on the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, viewed by the president as "a premier opportunity to showcase American exceptionalism," according to a White House statement. Trump, the administration said, "is taking every opportunity to showcase American greatness on the world stage."

At the White House, speaking in front of banners adding the presidential seal to the logo for LA28, Trump said he would send the military back to Los Angeles if he so chose in order to protect the Games. In June, Trump sent the National Guard and U.S. Marines to the city amid widespread immigration enforcement actions, despite widespread condemnation from Mayor Karen Bass and other local officials.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-names-himself-chair-l-221638998.html

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Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 2025 OP
The military? Are the adding grenade toss and thousand yard stare? marble falls Aug 2025 #1
Someone has to round up all the foreigners that show up during the Olympics. n/t whopis01 Aug 2025 #18
nobody will show up lapfog_1 Aug 2025 #2
Considering where US tourism is right johnnyfins Aug 2025 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Bev54 Aug 2025 #67
WTF?..................... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #3
I hope the world boos him to no end if johnnyfins Aug 2025 #5
What could go wrong?!? TexLaProgressive Aug 2025 #6
No surprise...he's like a moth to the light when there grift to be grifted. CincyDem Aug 2025 #7
Amazing how the President of the United States of America also has the time tanyev Aug 2025 #8
goddamn, this motherfucker has to ruin everything LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #9
Ys 3auld6phart Aug 2025 #26
September 5, 1972. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #10
More like choie Aug 2025 #78
There is a movie. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #79
Well doesn't this have 1936 Berlin written all over it? Pacifist Patriot Aug 2025 #11
And who Just Jerome Aug 2025 #31
Absolutely! SusieCreamcheese Aug 2025 #65
Shades Of The 1936 Berlin Olympics And Hitler..... global1 Aug 2025 #12
Ding, ding ding! lark Aug 2025 #16
Is he planning a false flag operation? gab13by13 Aug 2025 #13
He wants to recreate liberalgunwilltravel Aug 2025 #14
Trump will singlehandedly destroy the Olympics - watch lark Aug 2025 #15
Man, Putin will need to tell him to slow down Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #17
It's time for the IOC to move or cancel the 2028 games. rubbersole Aug 2025 #19
I don't understand why they haven't given the current situation in LA. The Olympics are about sports Deuxcents Aug 2025 #21
Because the IOC are just a bunch of grifters themselves. Bev54 Aug 2025 #70
Umm, 2028 Games...n/t the nelm Aug 2025 #38
Oops. I'll edit. Thanks 👋 rubbersole Aug 2025 #80
US military being used like security guards at a bar or Walmart. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #20
The military will be our greeters. speak easy Aug 2025 #42
US army used like trumps personal gestapo and goon squad. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #56
Every country should boycott Orrex Aug 2025 #22
No need to boycott. Foreign athletes will be arrested, beaten, and sent back home as soon as they arrive. usonian Aug 2025 #34
My first thought on reading this was the scene from Boys in the Boat with the US team arriving in Germany . Lonestarblue Aug 2025 #23
Showcase American greatness?... MiHale Aug 2025 #24
American greatness to him means himself. Cloudhopper Aug 2025 #49
So tired orangecrush Aug 2025 #25
Watch him get on the medal stand at least once. underpants Aug 2025 #27
He'll insist on handing out all the gold medals, which will be the size of dinner plates Ocelot II Aug 2025 #29
He'll steal them like he did the soccer medals Marthe48 Aug 2025 #46
I don't know about this. murielm99 Aug 2025 #47
In July this year Marthe48 Aug 2025 #52
I won't be surprised if he somehow lights the Olympic flame. underpants Aug 2025 #58
Probably by farting. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #59
Or, he will lead the opening ceremonies parade in a golden golf cart, carrying the torch. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #61
I haven't watched the Olympics in decades. I'd tune in for that. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2025 #83
He'll also try to kiss attractive winners and "inspect" the locker rooms. tinrobot Aug 2025 #30
Hope he tries it on with the archery team Marthe48 Aug 2025 #48
🤞He'll be dead long before 2028 Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #28
We can only hope. nt Dulcinea Aug 2025 #44
The US military has always supported the Olympics Abnredleg Aug 2025 #32
LOLOL Ferrets are Cool Aug 2025 #36
In this instance, yes Abnredleg Aug 2025 #40
JFC niyad Aug 2025 #60
'.. showcasing american greatness on the world stage..' Volaris Aug 2025 #33
If you're great you don't have to "showcase" your greatness. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #64
Potemkin is the perfect word to describe this administration and MAGA congress... Volaris Aug 2025 #88
Requiring pay for play Visa's to come here is definitely a non starter... Historic NY Aug 2025 #35
That requirement is limited to a few nations Abnredleg Aug 2025 #43
Bond or not...it doesn't matter sdfernando Aug 2025 #69
Neurotic Fitness Envy bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #37
Isn't that what Hitler did? Hartpi978 Aug 2025 #39
A Trump Olympics with MAGA soldiers and tanks and fighter jets dalton99a Aug 2025 #41
Just cancel the games.Now. CanonRay Aug 2025 #45
He'll steal all the gold medals pfitz59 Aug 2025 #50
Taco trucks Tetrachloride Aug 2025 #51
Hope the IOC rips it from LA and the US JT45242 Aug 2025 #53
I couldn't agree with you more. BTW, the World Cup should cancel the games here as well. flashman13 Aug 2025 #55
don't dictators make moves like this? samsingh Aug 2025 #54
Berlin, 1936. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #62
Aside from police assistance Farmer-Rick Aug 2025 #57
What could go wrong? vapor2 Aug 2025 #63
Yet another dumb dictate from Donald Julius CaesarTrump. God help us -- Please! George McGovern Aug 2025 #66
Remember what happened to Julius Caesar. Dulcinea Aug 2025 #71
He will control every facet of American life. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #68
How much is insisting for his services? no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #72
What a teeny little man Trump is democrank Aug 2025 #73
Release the Epstein / Maxwell Files... ultralite001 Aug 2025 #74
The new Berlin Games Pachamama Aug 2025 #75
"Trump names himself"??? DBoon Aug 2025 #76
L.A. will lose millions and Tump will blame Newsom. quaint Aug 2025 #77
Move the 2028 games elsewhere. IMMEDIATELY. (nt) Paladin Aug 2025 #81
Something tells me, he just tossed the Olympics in the trash, Linda ladeewolf Aug 2025 #82
I hope the Olympic committee moves to another venue kimbutgar Aug 2025 #84
Is he going to dissolve the current LA city administrator and have the military rule the city? DBoon Aug 2025 #85
I wonder about that also kimbutgar Aug 2025 #87
Is he going to pull a Nero? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 #86
Make the opening ceremony a tribute to immigrants. Let him choke on that. Solly Mack Aug 2025 #89

lapfog_1

(31,378 posts)
2. nobody will show up
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 06:59 AM
Aug 2025

no tourists... we will be a complete police state by then... and maybe no athletes. Should just cancel the games now.

Response to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)

Lovie777

(20,961 posts)
3. WTF?.....................
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:03 AM
Aug 2025

shithole's gonna screw that up too.

shithole will allow dictators and their minions into the country for the event.

TexLaProgressive

(12,615 posts)
6. What could go wrong?!?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:09 AM
Aug 2025

The man who has a history of crashing everything into the ground will likely live up to his past.

tanyev

(48,224 posts)
8. Amazing how the President of the United States of America also has the time
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:25 AM
Aug 2025

to be chair of the Kennedy Soon-to-be Trump Center, chair of an Olympics task force, carry out the destruction renovation of the Rose Garden and plan a yuuuuge remodel of the White House. And all of this while shitposting on his social media platform several hours a day and spending many days at his own properties to play golf!

It’s as if he’s not doing any real work at all. 😒


SusieCreamcheese

(12 posts)
65. Absolutely!
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:42 AM
Aug 2025

This was the first thing I thought of when I read about his take-over of the Olympics committee. "American Exceptionalism" = "Aryan Exceptionalism".

global1

(26,295 posts)
12. Shades Of The 1936 Berlin Olympics And Hitler.....
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:41 AM
Aug 2025

You might want to google the '36 Olympics to see what we might be in for.

I guess Tr**p is still trying to emulate his role model!!!

gab13by13

(30,407 posts)
13. Is he planning a false flag operation?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:41 AM
Aug 2025

Sending in the military is pretty suspicious. He wants dearly to be in charge, through the military, of law enforcement in all the states.

lark

(25,647 posts)
15. Trump will singlehandedly destroy the Olympics - watch
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:49 AM
Aug 2025

I predict these will be the worst attended and worst rated games - ever! He will have police all over the place and bet they arrest anyone here a day after. If he's totally stupid - it will happen during the games.

 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
17. Man, Putin will need to tell him to slow down
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:52 AM
Aug 2025

He is gonna blow his cover fucking the country up so badly so fast.

rubbersole

(10,824 posts)
19. It's time for the IOC to move or cancel the 2028 games.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:00 AM
Aug 2025

Last edited Wed Aug 6, 2025, 11:21 AM - Edit history (1)

For security purposes.

Deuxcents

(24,658 posts)
21. I don't understand why they haven't given the current situation in LA. The Olympics are about sports
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:08 AM
Aug 2025

A showcase of the host country’s history and hospitality..Not a country’s military display

Bev54

(13,002 posts)
70. Because the IOC are just a bunch of grifters themselves.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:50 AM
Aug 2025

They allowed the Olympics to go ahead in Russia when it was obvious they were preparing to invade Ukraine. The IOC and FIFA officials are all powerful and they delight in their power as much as Trump does.

Irish_Dem

(77,342 posts)
56. US army used like trumps personal gestapo and goon squad.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:22 AM
Aug 2025

If I see them I will Give them a piece of my mind.

Damn traitors.

US army has no balls if they do this.

usonian

(22,130 posts)
34. No need to boycott. Foreign athletes will be arrested, beaten, and sent back home as soon as they arrive.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:39 AM
Aug 2025

USA gets clean sweep.

Lonestarblue

(13,090 posts)
23. My first thought on reading this was the scene from Boys in the Boat with the US team arriving in Germany .
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:13 AM
Aug 2025

As they left their ship and drove to their hotel, they were greeted with Nazis and Nazi flags all along the street. It was absolutely chilling. I can imagine something similar—and just as sinister—with the streets leading into Olympic venues lined with masked stormtroopers and Trump MAGA flags.

Given the nastiness of ICE and border control agents, I wonder how many people will refuse to attend. Imagine spending a lit of money on airplane tickets and Olympic events and then being refused entry to the because you criticized Trump or Vance on some social media app. Why take the risk?

Of course, by 2028 Trump may be well into dementia and unable to be shown in public.

MiHale

(12,335 posts)
24. Showcase American greatness?...
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:15 AM
Aug 2025

By then…okay…even today…what’s American greatness?
Gold and glitter…flags and pennants…soldiers and war machines?

American greatness is destroyed…it’s not material things.

American greatness is an idea; an agreement that that idea can be visualized and brought to fruition for individuals as well as groups for the betterment of all. Birthed in an environment of cooperation, understanding, compassion and commitment.

Ocelot II

(128,083 posts)
29. He'll insist on handing out all the gold medals, which will be the size of dinner plates
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:26 AM
Aug 2025

and have his picture on them.

Marthe48

(22,247 posts)
52. In July this year
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:10 AM
Aug 2025

Somehow he weaseled his way onstage when FIFA awarded the World Cup trophy to Chelsea.
traitor felon took the original, claiming FIFA gave it to him. The Chelsea team will get a copy.

Ocelot II

(128,083 posts)
61. Or, he will lead the opening ceremonies parade in a golden golf cart, carrying the torch.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:32 AM
Aug 2025

Which, with any luck at all, will set his hair on fire.

tinrobot

(11,855 posts)
30. He'll also try to kiss attractive winners and "inspect" the locker rooms.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:31 AM
Aug 2025

This is going to be treated like his own personal Miss Universe pageant.

Abnredleg

(1,228 posts)
32. The US military has always supported the Olympics
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:32 AM
Aug 2025

For instance, for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics there were 11,000 uniformed military providing security and logistical support. It was the same for the 2002 Winter Olympics. It took 30 seconds of Googling for me to learn this.

There is legislation to allow this, and what Trump is doing is no different than what his predecessors have done.

Volaris

(11,221 posts)
33. '.. showcasing american greatness on the world stage..'
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:33 AM
Aug 2025

Is the OPPOSITE of what American Greatness, really IS.

'There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it, or it would VANISH.'

That's the core incorrect conviction that defines MAGA..that a whisper is the same as screaming it from the rooftops.. even as it dissappears in front of their own eyes, they'll scream it's never been more real.

Whatever. Trumps 'time for honoring himself' is fast coming to an end. Jeffrey and his own hubris is seeing to that lol.

Ocelot II

(128,083 posts)
64. If you're great you don't have to "showcase" your greatness.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:35 AM
Aug 2025

If, on the other hand, you're turning into a third-world shithole because your leader is a megalomaniac so incompetent that he bankrupted a casino, you have to put on a big fancy show. A Potemkin Olympics, as it were.

Volaris

(11,221 posts)
88. Potemkin is the perfect word to describe this administration and MAGA congress...
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 01:52 PM
Aug 2025

Potemkin
DOJ
Economics
Defense
'Christian' values
Etc..you name it, and theyre gonna find a way to potemkin the shit out of it.

Historic NY

(39,422 posts)
35. Requiring pay for play Visa's to come here is definitely a non starter...
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:39 AM
Aug 2025

all person desiring entry including the contestants can be barred at Trumps will.

Abnredleg

(1,228 posts)
43. That requirement is limited to a few nations
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:56 AM
Aug 2025

And doesn’t apply if your country is in the Visa Waiver Program. The vast majority of those wishing to travel to the Olympics won’t be require to post a bond.

https://www.dhs.gov/visa-waiver-program

sdfernando

(5,959 posts)
69. Bond or not...it doesn't matter
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:47 AM
Aug 2025

people won't come. I wouldn't and I would bet that 90% of sane people wouldn't either.

The games rarely, if ever turn a profit for the hosting city. I think LA 1984 was the last that actually made some $$, but that was because they used existing facilities, there was a large media presence, LA was the only bidder. So these games will lose $$ like pretty much all the rest...and that orangefelon will blame it on LA, Bass (or whoever is mayor).

I wouldn't even put it past that freak to threaten/intimidate event judges to ensure the US athlete wins because he cheats at EVERYTHING!

I certainly will not attend nor watch a 1936 redux of the Olympics.

Hartpi978

(44 posts)
39. Isn't that what Hitler did?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:48 AM
Aug 2025

Isn't that what Hitler did in the 1936 Berlin Olympics? maybe not, but the script is the same.

JT45242

(3,717 posts)
53. Hope the IOC rips it from LA and the US
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:12 AM
Aug 2025

Seriously the whole point of the Olympics is anti-military.

flashman13

(1,707 posts)
55. I couldn't agree with you more. BTW, the World Cup should cancel the games here as well.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:17 AM
Aug 2025

Farmer-Rick

(12,254 posts)
57. Aside from police assistance
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:25 AM
Aug 2025

The military will probably have to do a better parade than the one they did in DC. Pedo Trump will probably have a military march for the opening ceremony. Then the military will be needed to help out as non whites are rounded up and put in cages and concentration camps.

He has lots of plans for the military in California. He may even just arrest Newsom.

democrank

(11,909 posts)
73. What a teeny little man Trump is
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:58 AM
Aug 2025

He has to be in the spotlight at all times. His name is plastered everywhere. Trump steaks, Trump sneakers, Trump vodka.

One place we won’t see his name is on history’s list of Vietnam Veterans.

ultralite001

(2,243 posts)
74. Release the Epstein / Maxwell Files...
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:07 AM
Aug 2025

NOW, you obfuscating old perv…

The Olympics + Wotld Cup + Big Bawdy Ballroom won’t get you off the hook…

Linda ladeewolf

(1,015 posts)
82. Something tells me, he just tossed the Olympics in the trash,
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 11:36 AM
Aug 2025

No one is going to be there if he sends the military in.

kimbutgar

(26,413 posts)
84. I hope the Olympic committee moves to another venue
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:03 PM
Aug 2025

Paris still has the infrastructure and I’m sure some other countries could step up to take it on.

While I feel bad for Los Angeles they will suffer more than gain for his takeover. And you know he will be grifting from it. Demanding paybacks.

DBoon

(24,458 posts)
85. Is he going to dissolve the current LA city administrator and have the military rule the city?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:23 PM
Aug 2025

Solly Mack

(95,989 posts)
89. Make the opening ceremony a tribute to immigrants. Let him choke on that.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 03:11 PM
Aug 2025

Highlight contributions to the sciences, to medicine and to education.


Everything Trump hates - embrace and showcase.



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