Olympics 'above politics' say LA 2028 organisers after Trump win

The reelection of Donald Trump to the US presidency will have no bearing on preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, organisers said on Thursday (Nov 14), stating that the games were "above politics".

LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman said games organisers in the staunchly Democratic California metropolis were confident of working smoothly with the incoming Trump administration and had already been in contact with the president-elect's transition team.

"The Olympics aren't about politics, and they're not about red and blue - they're about red, white, and blue," Wasserman told a news conference.

"These are America's games taking place in Los Angeles. And it sits above politics in just about every way we experience. Our conversations with the federal government always involve talking with folks from every party.

"That's the nature of the world we live in. In this country, one side doesn't get to dictate everything. It requires cooperation and coordination."

Wasserman, who was speaking following a visit to Los Angeles by the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission, noted that Trump had been the US President in 2017 when the Games were handed to Los Angeles in Lima.

"President Trump previously was president, and actually when we got the games in 2017 and signed federally binding documents that committed them to deliver security and transportation," Wasserman said.

"We've had great success with both Republican and Democratic administrations, and we have no doubt that will continue. That started during the election process or sort of the election cycle - we had outreach from both transition teams so that they could get up to speed and get running once the election was over."

Wasserman also said LA28 officials had