--- title: Olympics Closing Ceremony: Ivanka Trump Sparks Internet Stir description: Ivanka Trump's presence at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, caused quite the online stir. canonical: https://time.com/5174862/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-26T02:20:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:53.506Z og:title: How the Internet Felt About Ivanka Trump at the Olympics og:description: The First Daughter's presence caused a stir og:url: https://time.com/5174862/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt213492ef18014699/698928dbfb4eac297a895d2a/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Ivanka Trump Attends Day 16 of PyeongChang Winter Olympics og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How the Internet Felt About Ivanka Trump at the Olympics twitter:description: The First Daughter's presence caused a stir twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt213492ef18014699/698928dbfb4eac297a895d2a/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How the Internet Felt About Ivanka Trump Representing the U.S. at the Olympics Closing Ceremony > Sponsored content. 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Carl Court/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 26, 2018 2:20 AM UTC [Ivanka Trump’s](http://time.com/5172860/ivanka-trump-winter-olympics-closing-ceremony/) presence at the [closing ceremony](http://time.com/5174577/olympics-closing-ceremony-guitar-kid/) of the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5143796/winter-olympic-medals-by-country-2018/) in PyeongChang caused quite the online stir on Sunday. After spending the past few days acting as an envoy for President Donald Trump at the Games, the First Daughter made waves by leading the U.S. delegation at the ceremony. There were a number of positive reactions to Ivanka’s attendance, with some supporters [praising her decision](https://twitter.com/elisewho/status/967724331018027008) to stand and clap for the North and South Korean athletes. However, many were critical of Ivanka representing her father’s administration in South Korea. Team USA skier Gus Kenworthy even went viral for speaking out against Ivanka on Twitter. “So proud of all these people! Everybody here has worked so hard to make it to the Olympics and have the opportunity to walk in the closing ceremony!” he wrote in a tweet that had been liked over 42,000 times by Sunday night. “Well… Everyone except Ivanka. Honestly, tf is she doing here??” > [](https://twitter.com/guskenworthy/status/967722283199549441) See a selection of the responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/lagibbs84/status/967603888080633856) > [](https://twitter.com/QJPisMTK/status/967909608412057600) > [](https://twitter.com/NateWeberActual/status/967641758220742656) > [](https://twitter.com/elisewho/status/967724331018027008) > [](https://twitter.com/AviAhvee/status/966420937791897602) > [](https://twitter.com/morningpassages/status/967768733509980161) > [](https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/967627208788291585) > [](https://twitter.com/SusanDoyle1963/status/967877111334629376) > [](https://twitter.com/KarenKilgariff/status/967166124256145409) > [](https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/967791858188341248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5174862/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5174862/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony-reactions/"},"headline":"Here's How the Internet Felt About Ivanka Trump Representing the U.S. at the Olympics Closing Ceremony","datePublished":"2018-02-26T02:20:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:53.506Z","description":"The First Daughter's presence caused a stir","url":"https://time.com/5174862/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt213492ef18014699/698928dbfb4eac297a895d2a/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt213492ef18014699/698928dbfb4eac297a895d2a/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ivanka Trump Attends Day 16 of PyeongChang Winter Olympics","caption":"Ivanka Trump Attends Day 16 of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics","creditText":"Carl Court/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5174862/ivanka-trump-olympics-closing-ceremony-reactions/","name":"Here's How the Internet Felt About Ivanka Trump Representing the U.S. at the Olympics Closing Ceremony"}}]}] ```