Trump's games
The art of the deal
"LA28’s opaque finances and vague reassurances are not enough to protect the city from fiscal disaster"
The elephant in the room
Our elected officials keep trying to pretend this presidential administration isn't going to blow up our best-laid megaevent plans
What if the world doesn't come?
If millions of international visitors do, in fact, come to LA, it will be at their own peril
Can LA still host the Olympics?
The IOC doesn't care if LA holds its games or not. And perhaps more troublingly, the city of LA will happily brush aside its own emergencies in order to stage a megaevent
Service disruptions
"The immediate-term outcome is that the discretionary grants from the federal government are going to be oriented away from urban areas, communities of color, and pedestrian, bike and transit projects"
They were always Trump's games
In case anyone forgot this fact, LA28 representatives repeatedly reminded everyone about their close working relationship with the president-elect
"Everyone was excited because the Olympics were coming. Now everyone is worried"
On Election Day, everything changed