Trump takes credit for LA 2028 Olympics, slams Obama: 'Got the job done'
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“As President-elect, I worked with the Olympic Organizing Committee of Los Angeles in getting the 2028 Olympics to come to the United States. There was tremendous competition from other countries,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
“As President-elect, I worked with the Olympic Organizing Committee of Los Angeles in getting the 2028 Olympics to come to the United States. There was tremendous competition from other countries,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Olympics games bid farewell to Paris on Sunday (August 11), and the City of Angels, Los Angeles, is gearing up to welcome the Olympics in 2028. In a new post on Truth Social, former US president Donald Trump has claimed that he is the one who successfully secured Los Angeles' bid to host the 2028 Olympic Games.
“As President-elect, I worked with the Olympic Organizing Committee of Los Angeles in getting the 2028 Olympics to come to the United States. There was tremendous competition from other countries,” the Republican presidential nominee wrote in a post on Truth Social.
In 2017, Los Angeles competed with Paris to host the 2024 Olympic Games. Trump did put his weight behind the city's bid and even met with Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee at the White House in June 2017.
As President-Elect, I worked with the Olympic Organizing Committee of Los Angeles in getting the 2028 Olympics to come to the United States. There was tremendous competition from other countries. President Obama refused to speak to the International Olympic Committee (perhaps…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 12, 2024
“Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.). Stay tuned!” Trump tweeted in July 2017.
The Olympic Organising Committee awarded the hosting rights for the 2024 games to Paris and the 2028 games to Los Angeles.
In his post, Trump also hit out at former president Barack Obama saying that he refused to address the International Olympic Committee. Trump alleged that Obama refused to meet with the IOC because the committee previously rejected his personally submitted request to get 2016 Olympics hosting rights to Chicago, and gave them to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro instead.
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"President Obama refused to speak to the International Olympic Committee (perhaps because of a previous rejection by them of a proposal personally made by him!), which needed the enthusiastic support and approval of the U.S. President - Without which they would not have chosen our Country," Trump wrote.
"I gave them what they wanted to hear, and got the job done! It was my great honour to do so. Hopefully, I will be President, and our Country will have reached new (and record!) levels of success. SEE YOU IN 2028. Thank you!" he concluded.
(With inputs from agencies)
