The 2028 Olympics are an NSSE…

TIL why that matters. Had to read it in the British press, thought more people should know:

(from The Guardian article linked below) “But even more alarming is the fact that Trump and Vance have a secret weapon in their arsenal: the National Special Security Event designation, or NSSE. When an event such as the Olympics, a Super Bowl or an egotistic military parade is designated as an NSSE by a president or their Department of Homeland Security, it triggers widespread latitude for a bevy of federal agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Few know this but the NSSE for the Los Angeles 2028 is already in effect. In 2024, then-president Joe Biden designated the LA28 Olympics a “National Special Security Event”, some four full years ahead of the Games – the furthest in advance of an event since Bill Clinton concocted the designation in the late 1990s”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/04/la-olympics-2028-trump-ice-ioc-kirsty-coventry