Olympics president says he is not communicating with Trump as wildfires threaten 2028 LA Games

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International Olympics Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach says helium is not communicating with President-elect Trump earlier leaving bureau aboriginal this year. 

Bach told DPA International News helium congratulated Trump connected the Republican's predetermination triumph successful November but has not sought immoderate different connection beyond that.

"I don't deliberation it would beryllium truly just oregon right, with respect to my successor, to question interaction again present and possibly power immoderate decisions that are past incumbent connected my successor," Bach said of not speaking to Trump. 

The IOC has its ain statesmanlike predetermination successful March with Bach astir to permission bureau successful June.  

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Bach's deficiency of connection with Trump comes arsenic the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires person enactment the viability of Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics successful doubt. 

As of now, determination are nary plans to determination the 2028 Games retired of Los Angeles. The 2028 Games were to beryllium the archetypal successful past successful which the big metropolis would not person to physique immoderate caller venues owed to the fig of stadiums and arenas successful the city. But galore of the areas wherever those venues are located person been decimated by fires. 

Olympic venues adjacent to areas affected by the fires see the Riviera Country Club, the Olympic Village, Pauley Pavilion and Rose Bowl Stadium.

LA2028 Chairman Casey Wasserman said successful a connection helium was assured Los Angeles would rally from the wildfires and that they would not undercut the Olympics. 

"Los Angeles is defined by its resilience and determination," Wasserman said. "The spot of our communities and our unity successful pugnacious times marque this metropolis extraordinary, and erstwhile Los Angeles welcomes the satellite successful 2028, our tone volition radiance brighter than ever before."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told NBC News the authorities is "organizing a Marshall plan" to guarantee the Olympics tin inactive commence successful Los Angeles successful 2028. 

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"President Donald Trump was adjuvant successful getting the Olympics to the United States of America — to get it down present successful LA. We convey him for that. This is an accidental for him to shine, for this state to shine, for California and this assemblage to shine," Newsom said. 

"That's wherefore we're already organizing a Marshall plan. We already person a squad looking, reimagining LA 2.0, and we're making definite everyone's included."

However, the imaginable of the metropolis being capable to big the Olympics amid what is projected to beryllium years of reconstruction has been criticized by some. 

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said successful an interrogation with Newsmax helium believes the Olympics should beryllium moved to a Republican-controlled metropolis and state.

"I bash deliberation the American radical rightly spot however poorly that authorities is being run, however poorly these tragic fires person been handled by the politician and, of course, the politician determination successful Los Angeles," Jordan said. 

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has besides suggested the Olympics beryllium moved retired of Los Angeles successful 2028, suggesting Dallas oregon Miami arsenic the caller big city.

"The Los Angeles Olympics should beryllium canceled," Kirk wrote connected X. "If you can’t capable a occurrence hydrant, you aren’t qualified to big the Olympics. Move them to Dallas, oregon Miami, truthful the world’s athletes tin vie successful a spot susceptible of really safely gathering and moving something." 

Before the fires, Bach expressed assurance successful Trump's quality to pb the organizing of the 2028 Olympics successful aboriginal December. 

"We are precise assured determination with respect to the steps and efforts being undertaken," Bach said astatine a quality league aft an enforcement committee gathering of the International Olympic Committee successful Lausanne, Switzerland. "We saw besides that President-elect Trump repeatedly declared his enactment for the Games, which we ne'er had immoderate uncertainty due to the fact that helium has declared this enactment from the precise beginning."

Bach added that Olympic leaders are "very assured and relaxed" astir moving with Trump.

Trump and Bach past met successful June 2017 astatine the White House erstwhile discussing a bid to bring the Olympics backmost to Los Angeles. Trump has taken recognition for securing the 2028 bid. However, Bach did not talk flatteringly of Trump aft that archetypal meeting. 

"Pray for our world," Bach was heard to accidental connected a cellphone telephone aboriginal that time successful Washington, D.C.

Now, Trump volition person the task of starring America's hosting of the Olympics aft 1 of the worst disasters successful the big city's history. He volition person to marque decisions without immoderate consultation from the sitting IOC president until a caller 1 is elected.

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