LOS ANGELES — Since Donald Trump has returned to the White House, Olympics, LA 28 and FIFA officials have lavished the president with praise, attention and gifts, and contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaign war chests of the Republican Party and Trump’s political allies amid rising concerns that Trump could seriously undermine the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games or even prevent the two most watched events on planet from even taking place .

LA 28 chairman Casey Wasserman even made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach estate, in January, just days before the inauguration. FIFA president Gianni Infantino brought along the World Cup trophy on a visit to the Oval Office.

Only the “winners” are allowed to hold it, Infantino told Trump as he handed

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