LONDON — Mitt Romney worked Friday to calm the British ire he raised when he suggested that British officials might not be prepared to pull off a successful Olympics.
In an interview with NBC News on Wednesday, he called London’s problems with games preparation “disconcerting.” The remark sparked sharp responses from Britain’s top officials.
On Friday, the former Massachusetts governor said “it looks to me like London is ready,” although he observed in a subsequent NBC interview that “it is hard to put on the Games in a major metropolitan area.”
Asked about the stir his earlier remarks caused, he said “I’m absolutely convinced that the people here are ready for the Games, and in just a few moments, all the things the politicians say will be swept away” by excitement over the competition.
Romney and his wife, Ann, are set to attend the opening ceremony at the Summer Games on Friday, an event that punctuates the first leg of a three-nation tour that will take him to Israel and Poland. It’s the first international swing for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
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