Trump leading LA Olympics planning with IOC president after infamous interaction in first term

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International Olympics Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and President-elect Trump will be tasked with working together for the first Summer Olympics in the U.S. since the Atlanta games in 1996. Bach previously suggested concern about working with Trump after an infamous exchange in 2017.

But Bach praised Trump on Thursday when he revealed their first interactions since Trump won the election. 

"We are very confident there with regard to the steps and efforts being undertaken," Bach said at a news conference after an executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. "We saw also that President-elect Trump repeatedly declared his support for the games, which we never had any doubt because he has declared this support from the very beginning."

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Former President Trump arrives to speak at an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bach added that organizing committee officials in LA, and leaders of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) will be responsible for "taking early contact with the incoming team" of the Trump administration as they plan for LA 2028. 

Bach also said that Olympics leaders are "very confident and relaxed" about working with Trump.

Trump and Bach last met in June 2017 at the White House when discussing a bid to bring the Olympics back to Los Angeles. Trump has taken credit for securing the 2028 bid. However, Bach did not speak