Donald Trump could be planning a major, MAGA-themed blowout for the final year of his presidency, a political analyst has claimed.
Whether the president makes the most of his last year in office in 2028 is yet to be seen, but Slate columnist Justin Peters thinks Trump could pull out all the stops with a garish display. With both the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics set to take place in the US, the president could be testing the waters of how MAGA will look on the world stage.
The 2028 Olympic Games, which will be hosted in Los Angeles, will be a chance for Trump to throw his weight around one last time, according to Peters. He wrote, "What I’m saying is that Donald Trump probably can’t ruin the Olympics—or at least he can’t ruin these Olympics.
"Once the 2026 Winter Games conclude, the global sporteaucracy will set its sights on the 2028 Los Angeles Games, which will be held in the final year of Trump’s second presidential term. There is every reason to think that Trump will go out of his way to ensure that those Olympics are a tacky MAGA horror show made in his own image."
Financial strains could be a part of that power play too, with the United Nations announcing it is on the brink of insolvency due to unpaid US debts. $2.2billion in debt is yet to be repaid and will likely remain unpaid, with the International Olympic Committee potentially collapsing as part of the UN's announcement.
Peters added, "But that dark day is still a couple of years away, and there’s little point in worrying about the prospect of Olympic medals minted with Charlie Kirk’s face on them.
"For now, there are plenty of more pressing problems for us to freak out about all day, every day. But I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m not thinking about any of that while I’m watching the luge.
"The Olympics are quaint in the best way, insofar as they are the sort of well-meaning project that people like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would never, ever come up with on their own. They are the least terrible, still objectively bad thing we’ve got going right now. That’s something, at least."
