Donald Rumsfeld Hopes to Use His Inestimable Sway to Get Wrestling Back Into the Olympics

Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks during a discussion on the Pentagon during his time in that office, March 29, 2011 at The Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.
Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks during a discussion on the Pentagon during his time in that office, March 29, 2011 at The Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Rumsfeld has written an “open letter” to the International Olympic Committee in defense of wrestling, which was cut from the Olympics starting in 2020. Rumsfeld, a wrestler in his youth, admits that he is “not without bias.” But Rumsfeld should know better than anyone that you go to the Olympics with the sports you have, not the sports you want or wish to have.

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