Donald Trump SLAMS controversial Olympics opening ceremony in Paris

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Donald Trump has condemned past week's arguable Olympics opening ceremonial successful Paris, describing it arsenic a 'disgrace'.

The erstwhile President's scolding disapproval comes amid fierce backlash against nan arguable belief depictions during nan glitzy event. 

Olympics organizers person been forced to apologize to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper', which depicts nan infinitesimal erstwhile Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would deny him. 


The segment during Friday's ceremonial featured DJ and shaper Barbara Butch — an LGBTQ+ icon — flanked by resistance artists and dancers. One backup dancer appeared to person his genitals exposed during nan ceremony.

Religious conservatives from astir nan world decried nan conception and Trump is nan latest to speak retired against it. 

Donald Trump has condemned past week's arguable Olympics opening ceremonial successful Paris

This segment featuring resistance queens appearing to picture The Last Supper caused contention during nan opening ceremonial of nan 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris connected Friday night

A singing performer painted bluish depicted nan Greek deity Dionysus during Friday's ceremony

The erstwhile president told Fox: 'I thought that nan opening ceremonial was a disgrace, actually. I thought it was a disgrace.' 

Speaking astir nan opening ceremonial of nan 2028 Olympics successful Los Angeles, Trump added: 'We won't beryllium having a Last Supper arsenic portrayed nan measurement they portrayed it nan different night.

'I mean, they tin do definite things. I thought it was terrible. 

'Look, I'm for everybody. I'm very open-minded... but I thought what they did was a disgrace.' 

The French Catholic Church's convention of bishops deplored nan 'scenes of derision' that they said made a insult of Christianity — a sentiment echoed by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

The Anglican Communion successful Egypt expressed its 'deep regret' Sunday, saying nan ceremonial could origin nan IOC to 'lose its unique sporting personality and its humanitarian message.'

Donald Trump Jr. has besides attacked nan director's intentions arsenic 'satanic.'

'My mom was an Olympian (Czech Natl Ski Team), and arsenic a kid we would beryllium excited for weeks starring up to nan games,' Trump Jr. wrote connected X, repeating nan debunked mendacious declare that nan precocious Ivana Trump was a personnel of Czechoslovakia's 1972 Olympic team.

'Now pinch nan ever predictable (& seemingly satanic to me) resistance queen opening ceremonies and ne'er ending bs, nary 1 I cognize moreover thinks astir it beyond possibly watching immoderate highlights,' he continued.

Donald Trump Jr. took to societal media decrying nan capacity astatine nan opening ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics communications head Anne Descamps pictured astatine a property conference

But for each nan talk of nan director's supposedly 'satanic' intentions, nan segment whitethorn person been misinterpreted.

The ceremony's creator head Thomas Jolly had distanced his segment from immoderate 'Last Supper' parallels aft nan ceremony, saying it was meant to observe diverseness and salary tribute to feasting and French gastronomy.

Paris 2024 organizer Anne Descamps has since apologized for immoderate offence caused by belief depictions during nan opening ceremony. 

In a property convention connected Sunday, Descamps apologized for immoderate offence caused and insisted that nan ceremonial intended to 'celebrate organization tolerance'.

'Clearly location was ne'er an volition to show disrespect to immoderate belief group,' she said.

'On nan contrary, I deliberation Thomas Jolly did effort to intend to observe organization tolerance. We judge this ambition was achieved, if group person taken immoderate offence, we of people are really sorry.'

It came aft thousands of societal media users threatened to boycott nan Paris Games because of nan opening ceremony.

Enraged viewers took to X (formely Twitter) wherever '#boycottOlympics' and '#boycottParis2024' were seen trending complete nan people of nan pursuing day.

Echoing nan criticisms of others, Rob Schneider claimed nan ceremonial celebrates Satan 

The quality of a 'naked bluish man' among a segment likened to nan Last Supper angered galore watching, particularly Christians.

One wrote: 'What a disgraceful opening to nan 2024 Olympics #BoycottOlympics.'

Another declared they 'didn't moreover attraction astir nan Olympics' but were now '100 per cent boycotting'.

Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider is 1 of those boycotting nan Olympics complete nan arguable opening ceremonial that he sees arsenic Satanic show that 'disrespects Christianity.'

'I americium sorry to opportunity to ALL nan world's GREATEST ATHLETES, I wish you ALL THE BEST, but I cannot watch an Olympics that disrespects Christianity and openly celebrates Satan,' nan 60-year-old wrote connected X.

'Guys pinch their genitalia hanging retired successful beforehand of children?!' Schneider wrote successful different post. 'Drag Queens?! I wasn't judge if I was watching nan @Olympics aliases if I was watching a schoolhouse committee meeting…' 

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