Don Jr.'s Message About Tom Brady Has The Internet Seeing Red

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn't seem like they had much of a chance to win the Super Bowl back in January 2021, even if they had superstar quarterback Tom Brady in their squad. For starters, Kansas City Chiefs has Patrick Mahomes — and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers haven't won a Super Bowl since 2002. So it's not surprising that the hashtag "Goat" — meaning, greatest of all time — began trending on social media after the team won their first title, and Brady won his seventh — the same year he officially became the oldest man to win the Super Bowl. Even everybody's favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, was inspired. He tweeted, "Tom Brady was the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL draft. Which tells me that occasionally, if not often, people assessing your future potential based on past performance don't know s--- about anything." Not to be left out, Donald Trump Jr. decided to weigh in with his thoughts about the game on Twitter too. He sent a social media shoutout to the quarterback, saying: "There is no question anymore as to who the GOAT is. It wasn't coaching it was Brady and it always was. That argument was settled tonight when he took a team no one thought could win anything to the [Super Bowl] and won at 43 years of age. Amazing. Well done Tom." While it seems like a positive message at first, it didn't sit so well with Twitter. Don Jr. is reportedly looking to relocate to a conservative gated community in Jupiter, Florida. Is it possible, then, that he was enjoying Super Bowl 55 from Mar-A-Lago? Ahead of the game, Jr. posted his Super Bowl predictions to Facebook, against a backdrop looking suspiciously like a hunting lodge, with trophies on full display. He claimed to have not watched any football this season, but went on to praise both Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes for being: "Everything that Colin Kaepernick isn't with the excessive wokeness and all that B.S. [...] [They're] not just being overly woke for the sake of being woke, they're also winners, there's a difference." The former president's son was also particularly excited about being the same age as Brady. Don Jr. didn't limit his critique of "wokeness" within the football industry to its players. Early in the broadcast, his Tweet criticizing 2021 Super Bowl commercials for being, quote, "woke-topia" provoked the majority of the Twitterverse to cry out for him to simply turn off the TV if he's so upset — no one was forcing him to watch. But Donny didn't turn off the TV. Instead, he watched Brady lead his team to victory. And his Tweet celebrating the accomplishments garnered another backlash. One Twitter user pointed out that the Buccaneers' victory was the result of several factors, saying, "Actually it's a combination of Brady and the coaching and teamwork. And I am pretty sure he'd say the same." According to CBS, Brady did in fact say something similar, telling a reporter in an interview after the game, "I'm so proud of all of these guys out here, of everything that we've accomplished." Another Twitter user reminded Don Jr. that Brady's former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick had history with his father Donald Trump, writing, "Dude...you said this because Bill Belichick turned down your Dad's bribe of the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year – not saying [your] analysis is wrong here, but your bitterness is transparent." A third person reminded Don Jr., "During an interview with Howard Stern, [Brady] said his friendship with your father was 'uncomfortable' and that they haven't talked in awhile. Brady doesn't want anything to do with you or your dad or your family." Most social media users also took the opportunity to troll Don Jr., saying that it might be too early to congratulate the Bucs because their win may have been, quote, "premature," and that the Chiefs had every reason to believe they could challenge the results. #TomBrady #SuperBowl #DonaldTrumpJr