Twenty years after the United States last hosted a Summer Olympic Games, there is great concern within U.S. Olympic circles that a Donald Trump presidency could severely damage the chances of the next U.S. candidate to host the Games.
Los Angeles is competing against Paris and Budapest for the right to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is scheduled to select one of those three cities on Sept. 13, 2017, in Lima, Peru, which makes the next 10 months a particularly crucial time for all three cities trying to line up enough international support to win the Games.