{"id":631496,"date":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=631496"},"modified":"2017-08-01T05:50:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T03:50:11","slug":"trump-supports-2028-olympics-in-los-angeles-bid-leaders-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/de\/2017\/08\/trump-supports-2028-olympics-in-los-angeles-bid-leaders-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump supports 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, bid leaders say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House has said athletes from all countries will be welcome for 2028 Games, mayor says.<\/b>
\nCARSON, Calif. \u2014 Now it\u2019s official: President Trump didn\u2019 t inadvertently sink Los Angeles\u2019 bid for the Olympics.
The announcement on Monday that the International Olympic Committee and Los Angeles have reached an agreement for the city to host the 2028 Summer Games takes Trump off the hot seat as a potential bid killer.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti acknowledged the speculation about Trump\u2019s potential impact, and much of it was tied to Trump\u2019s travel ban now in effect for six predominantly Muslim countries.
But the White House has made assurances that athletes from all countries will be welcome at the 2028 Games, according to Garcetti.
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\u201cPeople asked us a lot of questions,\u2019 \u2019 Garcetti told USA TODAY Sports after a news conference held at the StubHub Center. \u201cI think once (the White House) laid to rest that people would be able to come into the country, that was kind of off the table.
\u201cWe actually had strong support from (the White House) .\u2019 \u2019
Things could have gotten stickier had Los Angeles insisted on hosting the 2024 Summer Games, which are being awarded to Paris. Trump, if elected to a second term, would still be in office at the time of the 2024 Games.
\u201cIt\u2019 d be hard for me to guess what IOC members think and feel,\u2019 \u2019 Casey Wasserman, chairman of the Los Angeles bid committee, told USA TODAY Sports. \u201cBut in the end we were able to deliver the Olympics Games back to Los Angeles.\u2019 \u2019
Trump congratulated the United States Olympic Committee for bringing the Summer Games back to the USA for the first time since Atlanta hosted in 1996.
\u201cI am confident the Summer Games of Los Angeles will exemplify both the Olympic ideal and the American spirit,\u2019 \u2019 Trump said in a statement, \u201cand we look forward to hosting them.\u2019 \u2019<\/p>\n

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