Los Angeles just can’t get a break.
The latest embarrassment is LA28 chair Casey Wasserman , the man tasked with making sure the 2028 Summer Olympics are a massive success. At a news conference this week announcing that President Trump will head a federal Olympics task force , Wasserman offered L.A. a giant whoopie cushion.
With Wasserman at his left side, Trump vowed to bring L.A. “back stronger than ever.” On Trump’s right was a rash of L.A. haters, some of whom played a prominent role in Southern California’s summer of deportations , including Vice President JD Vance and Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem . Not present, but hailed by Trump during the presser as an “MVP candidate,” was Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has made it his life’s mission to