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Monica Crowley, the firebrand conservative columnist and commentator who served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs during the first Trump Administration, was named today by President-elect Donald Trump to be the liaison for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles:
“I am honored to nominate Monica Elizabeth Crowley, Ph.D. to serve as Ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State, and Chief of Protocol of the United States of America. Monica will be the Administration Representative for major U.S. hosted events, including America’s 250th Birthday in 2026, the FIFA World Cup in 2026, and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
“During my First Term, Monica did an incredible job as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs. For her exceptional service, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Department. Monica is a New York Times bestselling author, and has been a popular anchor, and political and foreign affairs analyst, for the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, among others. A graduate of Colgate University, she holds two Master’s degrees, and a Doctorate in International Relations, from Columbia University.
“She will be an extraordinary Representative of our Country. Congratulations Monica!”
Crowley, 56, was born in Arizona, but attended Colgate University and worked as a research assistant and editor for former President Richard Nixon from 1990 until his death in 1994; she published two books about him.
Crowley went on to a non-stop career in media, writing for the New York Post and many other publications, as a commentator on National Public Radio, and beginning in 1996, for Fox News Channel. She received a doctorate in International Relations from Columbia University in 2000.
She was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs for the first Trump Administration from July 2019 to January 2021.
As the Trump Administration’s representative for major events, Crowley will be a key contact for FIFA – which is itself organizing the 2026 World Cup from its offices in Coral Gables, Florida – and for the LA28 organizing committee in Los Angeles, as well as multiple Southern California governmental agencies coordinating services surrounding the Games.
On Crowley’s desk in January will be the November request of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency (“Metro”) for $3.2 billion in support for 2028 Olympic-related projects.
Relative to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Biden Administration designated it as a “National Special Security Event” in June 2024, meaning “the U.S. Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan.”
For the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, President Ronald Reagan formed in 1982 – at the request of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee – a White House Task Force, chaired by Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, to coordinate and ensure appropriate attention to Olympic matters by Federal agencies.
Crowley appears to have that portfolio now.
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