Trump backs LA 2024 Olympic bid

President Donald Trump has handed his support to the Los Angeles 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid. However, the recently-inaugurated US leader has expressed doubts over whether his proposed immigration policy will affect the competition.

Trump’s administration is seeking to introduce a ban on visitors and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim nations – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – and their efforts come with Los Angeles entering the final stages of an Olympic bid race that also includes Budapest and Paris.
It was first reported in December that Trump had expressed support for the bid, with bid leaders having previously moved to reassure Olympic voters and stakeholders that the businessman’s victory in the November US Presidential Election would not affect the LA 2024 bid.

I’ve been asked to support the bid and I’ve actually spoken to the International Olympic Committee in Europe,” Trump said. “They wanted to have an endorsement from me and I was happy to give it. I would love to see the Olympics go to L.A. It would be terrific. Let’s see what happens. I would be very happy and honoured if they chose it.”
When asked if he believed his policies would make it tougher for Los Angeles to win the hosting rights, Trump said: “I don’t know. But regardless we have to have security in our country. We have to know who is coming in, if people are coming in with bad intentions we need to know. They have to come with good intentions, we want strong borders and extreme vetting.”