Donald Trump Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Donald Trump is preparing an initiative that could set the White House on another collision course with Los Angeles officials. The president is set to announce a task force on the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles - with himself on top of the podium. The White House has scheduled an Oval Office meeting tomorrow with a selection of athletes and members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to reveal the news, sources confirm. The current plan includes having Trump in charge of the effort. The White House and LA28 had no immediate comment. Related Stories News Mass Shooting in Los Angeles Kills Two People and Injures Six After Music Festival Lifestyle Trump Swoons Over Sydney Sweeney Amid Reports That She's a Republican While it's certainly not unusual for the federal government to form an Olympics task force, such efforts tend to run by law enforcement departments which provide public safety and security support. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service are already announced as involved with LA 28 - as is the norm when the Olympics are held stateside. Alternately, such government initiatives tend to be centered around securing Olympic bids or providing logistics. This new effort is said to be an intergovernmental task force that will include several departments, including law enforcement. But Trump getting hands-on with the project could exasperate the fractured relationship between the Trump Administration and state and local leadership - a relationship which boiled over in June due to immigration raids in the city, with officials ranging from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass entering into a war of words with the president. Since then, anti-ICE protesters - and even some in the media - have urged officials to cancel the Olympics outright due to the raids. Last week, a San Francisco Chronicle columnist argued, "Hosting an Olympic Games requires us to work together with a lawless U.S. regime - and its rights-violating security apparatus - as it openly wages war against our city and state." Yet Trump has a long history of supporting LA28. In 2020 during his first term, Trump declared, "From the day I took office, I've done everything in my power to make sure that L.A. achieved the winning bid" and boasted about the jobs and revenue that the Games would bring to the city. That same month, Trump met with LA28 chair Casey Wasserman at Mar-a-Lago and reaffirmed his "unwavering commitment" to make sure the Games were the "greatest." In June, Trump ordered a travel ban on 12 countries, yet provided exemptions to Olympic athletes, their coaches and relatives. Trump has also exerted pressure on the Games. In January, Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports and successfully pushed International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change its rules for LA28 to comply with the order. During that first Olympics press conference five years ago, Trump said to Wasserman - a bit ironically, as it turns out: "I hope you remember me in 2028. At least give me a seat, OK?" THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Obituaries Jane Morgan, "Fascination" Singer and 'Ed Sullivan Show' Staple, Dies at 101 General News Next Gen 2025: The Hollywood Reporter Accepting Nominations for 35 Under 35 List soulja boy Soulja Boy Arrested on Suspicion of Weapons Charge During Traffic Stop in L.A. music Doechii Announces 12-Stop Live From the Swamp Tour: "The Final Chapter of This Era" THR Original Video Chappell Roan Reveals Her Second Album "Doesn't Exist Yet" After Releasing Three New Singles music Mass Shooting in Los Angeles Kills Two People and Injures Six After Music Festival Obituaries Jane Morgan, "Fascination" Singer and 'Ed Sullivan Show' Staple, Dies at 101 General News Next Gen 2025: The Hollywood Reporter Accepting Nominations for 35 Under 35 List soulja boy Soulja Boy Arrested on Suspicion of Weapons Charge During Traffic Stop in L.A. music Doechii Announces 12-Stop Live From the Swamp Tour: "The Final Chapter of This Era" THR Original Video Chappell Roan Reveals Her Second Album "Doesn't Exist Yet" After Releasing Three New Singles music Mass Shooting in Los Angeles Kills Two People and Injures Six After Music Festival