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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there a point at which other countries will boycott the LA Olympics in response to Trump’s disrespectful treatment and restrictions on the press? Will that prevent the government from abandoning democracy? I was looking for some hope that the patriotism and glamour of hosting the Olympics might be a more powerful check on Trump becoming more autocratic, but perhaps any international protest would  be sadly spun/interpreted as “deserved” economic punishment for liberal Angelenos (even though LA and SoCal has many Rs, too).[/quote]

I find a boycott unlikely.

I find an enormous debacle incredibly likely - one way or the other.

1) The Olympics' organizers resist Trump's inevitable meddling and Trump/the Trump Administration retaliates by messing with visa, etc., public insults to the athletes, etc.; or

2) Trump is allowed to be involved, is personally involved, and it's the modern equivalent of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and we perhaps never live down the shame.[/quote]

We are never going to live down Donnie’s shame, anyway.  We can’t unelect him even if we get rid of him.[/quote]

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