US EditionWhite House Removes Trump Post Depicting Obamas as Monkeys, Says It Was Posted in Error
President Trump reposted a racist AI video targeting the Obamas on Truth Social, which was deleted after bipartisan criticism and calls for apology including from Republican Sen. Tim Scott.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump posted and deleted a Truth Social video mocking former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, sparking bipartisan backlash.
- Promoting debunked 2020 election-fraud claims, the post was part of a flurry on Truth Social and the White House said a staffer `erroneously made the post`.
- The 62-second clip, which circulated since October, depicts Trump as a lion and features `The Lion Sleeps Tonight` with 'King of the Jungle' imagery from a longer animation.
- President Trump responded that he would not apologize and declared `I didn't make a mistake` after bipartisan backlash over the deleted AI video, with Republican lawmakers urging removal and apology.
- Shared in the first week of Black History Month, the episode revived election-misinformation concerns and prompted Republican intraparty criticism that voters are watching.
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Republicans rarely criticize Donald Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that.
President Donald Trump received rare blowback from Republican lawmakers over a video posted to social media that included a racist image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, depicted as primates.
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Donald Trump refuses to apologise for racist post about Obamas as monkeys, says ‘I didn't make a mistake'
Trump acknowledged watching part of a controversial video that led to White House damage control. He claimed the initial segment was acceptable, but a staffer failed to view the entire content before posting.
Trump refuses to apologize over video showing the Obamas as apes
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump declined to apologize for sharing a social media video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, saying he did not realize the image of the former president and first lady was tacked on to the end of the clip. The president said Friday that he had watched and passed along the video — which focused on claims of voter fraud until the final seconds of the clip — to unidentified “people” to post t…
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