Billions of Eyes on Trump: How LA28 Could Become the Propaganda Games

No Kings in the Arena

The Stadium Moment

In Glendale, Arizona, State Farm Stadium was filled to capacity — about 70,000 inside — with another 10–20,000 gathered outside. Call it 80–90,000 in total. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and a lineup of MAGA elites turned a funeral into a rally, and conservative media blasted it wall-to-wall.

By U.S. standards, it was massive. But in the end, it was still just a stadium.

The Olympic Stage

Now compare that to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games — the most complex peacetime operation on Earth. Over two weeks:

• Athletes: 10,000+ from nearly every country on the planet

• Spectators: Millions in Los Angeles alone

• Global audience: Billions via TV, streaming, and social media

• Budget & infrastructure: Tens of billions in transit expansions, airport upgrades, housing conversions

And Trump’s fingerprints are already on it:

1. Immigration bottlenecks — stricter visa rules risk excluding entire delegations.

2. White House control of security — federal militarization overriding California and Los Angeles.

3. Propaganda opportunity — using the Games as his stage in an election year.

4. Boycotts & reputational damage — discriminatory policies could push nations to stay home.

5. Funding leverage — infrastructure dollars dangled or withdrawn at Trump’s whim.

Numbers Don’t Lie

• Arizona stadium rally (2025): ~80–90k total.

• Berlin Olympics (1936): tens of millions.

• Los Angeles Olympics (2028): billions.

Visual Ranking

Scale of Propaganda Reach

• Arizona Rally → ~90,000

• Berlin 1936 → 30–50 million

• LA28 Olympics → 3–4 billion

A Chilling Echo

History warns us. In 1936, Adolf Hitler staged the Berlin Olympics as a propaganda triumph, sanitizing his regime for a global audience while repression accelerated at home.

The risk in 2028 is eerily similar. Trump doesn’t need to rebuild Berlin’s stadium — he just needs the cameras already pointed at Los Angeles. He can step in, militarize security, and turn the opening ceremony into a campaign ad. The Games magnify not only athletic feats but the ambitions of those who hijack them.

The Real Scale of Damage

Trump turned a funeral into a rally. He could turn the Olympics into a coronation.

The Arizona event was massive by U.S. standards — but LA28 dwarfs it by orders of magnitude.

The risks aren’t just symbolic. They’re structural: athletes stranded at airports, boycotts announced during opening ceremonies, streets militarized under federal command, billions wasted in chaos, America’s reputation burned in the Olympic flame.

Call to Action

The world’s biggest stage cannot become one man’s propaganda machine.

That means pressure on:

• Congress to safeguard funding and oversight.

• California leaders to assert control over security and civil rights.

• International bodies to hold the U.S. accountable if Olympic norms are breached.

Don’t underestimate the scale. Share this. Push your representatives. The world will be watching in 2028 — the question is, whose show will they be watching?

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