Donald Trump criticises Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

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In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Former US President Donald Trump expressed his opinions about the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. He described the event as a ‘disgrace’ in response to the scene which sparked an outrage among Christians and Catholics across the globe.

“I think it was a disgrace, actually,” the Republican Presidential Candidate responded when asked about the Olympics in an interview on ‘The Ingraham Angle’ aired on Fox News on Monday.

Watch the interview at foxnews.com

“I am very open-minded. But I think what they did was a disgrace,” he further added.

Olympics opening ceremony sparked outrage with drag queens parodying the Last Supper

The opening ceremony portrayed a group of drag artists doing an act similar to that shown in Leonardo da Vinci’s well-known 15th-century artwork. The reviewers described it as a spoof of The Last Supper.

The Paris Olympics organizers issued an apology on Sunday after receiving criticism from the public, mainly Christian groups, over the “inappropriate” representation of a crucial “biblical scene” in the opening ceremony.

“If people have taken any offense we are, of course, really, really sorry,” Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps told reporters in a press conference.

Watch the Paris 2024 Olympics Committee respond to the Opening Ceremony backlash:

Leaders respond

House Speaker Mike Johnson also criticized the ceremony.

“Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world who watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games,” he posted on X.

Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world who watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The war on our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today. But we know that truth and virtue will always… pic.twitter.com/s88c9ymG9j

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 27, 2024

Former President’s son Donald Trump Jr. also took to X and condemned the event, calling it ‘satanic’. he said “It’s such a shame that event that used to create so much national pride now creates, at best, indifference.”

My mom was an Olympian (Czech Natl Ski Team), and as a kid we would be excited for weeks leading up to the games. Now with the ever predictable (& seemingly satanic to me) drag queen opening ceremonies and never ending bs, no one I know even thinks about it beyond maybe watching…

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 27, 2024

“Using the games to push woke ideology has zero to do with anything the games stands for. Rather than highlighting the incredible accomplishments of these amazing athletes corp media subverts all their hard work to push leftist insanity…,” he further added.