Trump says Olympic opening ceremony was ‘a disgrace’

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures on stage during a campaign rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, on July 27, 2024. (AFP)
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WASHINGTON: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday called the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris a “disgrace,” after its creators came under fire for what some said was a show gone too far.

“I’m very open-minded but I thought what they did was a disgrace,” Trump told Fox News, following condemnation from Catholic groups and French bishops of a scene involving dancers, drag queens and a DJ in poses that appeared to recall depictions of the Last Supper, although creators have said it was not meant to represent the religious setting.