Donald Trump Jr. went on a rant over “woke ideology” as he described a “satanic” depiction of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that featured drag queens during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday.
The former president’s son, who claimed his mother Ivana Trump was an Olympian despite the secretary general of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee not finding any such record, said he used to be excited about the games when he was a child.
“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 some highlights,” he wrote.
“It’s such a shame that event that used to create so much national pride now creates, at best, indifference. Using the games to push woke ideology has zero to do with anything the games stands for.”
Trump added that the moment was a “true disservice” to a group of “the most talented and dedicated people on earth.”
Thomas Jolly, the ceremony’s artistic director, told reporters on Saturday that he wasn’t aware of the criticism surrounding the production and his aim was to “include everyone.”
“Our subject was not to be subversive. We never wanted to be subversive. We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together,” said Jolly, per NBC News.
He later continued, “In France, we are republic, we have the right to love whom we want, we have the right not to be worshippers, we have a lot of rights in France, and this is what I wanted to convey.”