Overview

• President Trump signed the executive order on August 5 in Washington, installing himself as chair and Vice President JD Vance as vice-chair of the 2028 Olympics Taskforce.
• The task force is charged with synchronizing security and transportation planning across federal, state and local authorities ahead of the Los Angeles Summer Games.
• Trump declared that the United States will use all necessary resources, including possible deployment of the National Guard or military, to guarantee Olympic safety.
• Olympic organizer Casey Wasserman announced that the torch relay will travel through all 50 states en route to Los Angeles, a first in Games history.
• The initiative follows Trump’s creation of a 2026 World Cup task force and coincides with the USOPC’s new policy effectively barring transgender women from Olympic competition.