Trump shocks with ‘disgusting’ Truth submit depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes | EUROtoday
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President Donald Trump has shared a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes in a late-night Truth Social posting spree — and drew fast rebuke throughout the political world for his social media submit.
Some described it as “disgusting” and “racist” and condemned the president for the messaging. There can be confusion about who made the submit, resulting in extra questions concerning the video submit on Trump’s account.
Initially, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the submit and referred to as the outrage towards it “fake.”
“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King,” Leavitt stated. “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
Hours after her feedback — and 12 hours because it was first posted — the video was taken down. A senior White House official stated a staffer posted it “erroneously.”
One unnamed official advised The Hill that Trump was unaware when the video went up, and the worker “really let the president down.”
The clip of the Obamas appeared on the finish of an unrelated video that allegedly debunked claims of voter fraud within the 2020 election, which Trump has claimed was stolen from him, regardless of proof on the contrary. A minute into the video, the clip was inserted, exhibiting the faces of the Obamas superimposed on the our bodies of two nice apes, animated and dancing towards an obvious jungle background to the soundtrack of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
The Obamas left the White House 9 years in the past, and Trump ran towards then-President Joe Biden in 2020. Despite that, he has often included the Obamas in his assaults on Democrats.
Trump was an early champion of the birther conspiracy concept towards Obama, claiming that he was not born within the United States; even after Hawaii verified Obama’s delivery certificates, Trump claimed many didn’t consider the delivery certificates was authentic.
Comparing Black individuals to apes is a racist trope that has been used for hundreds of years to dehumanize individuals with African heritage.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has emerged as a frequent foil to the president, slammed his “disgusting behavior” in a submit on X.
“Every single Republican must denounce this,” Newsom wrote. “Now.”
Other X customers rapidly reacted with horror to the video, which was shared throughout Black History Month.
Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, who has backed Trump and appeared with him at rallies, condemned the submit.
“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott stated. “The President should remove it.”
There was additionally swift outrage throughout social media in regards to the submit.
“Let’s be clear. If you are defending Trump over his Obama ape video. You are a racist,” one X person wrote. “It is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen posted by a public figure.”
“In 2026, after nearly 250 years of the formation of the nation, for an American President to depict the nation’s first Black President as an ape is racism which crosses a red line. Donald Trump should resign,” one other added.
“There’s absolutely no way that any black Trump Supporters can defend this. How do you defend a white man posting images of Black people as, Monkeys,” one other stated.
Trump’s slew of posts round midnight canvassed a variety of his pet matters, together with a number of claims of voter fraud in numerous elections; video clips regarding Julian Assange and WikiLeaks; sharing a screenshot of an X submit claiming Democrats had been “anti-Christ, anti-family, anti-Black and anti-life”; and a video about trash assortment in New York City.
Amid the barrage of grievances and conspiracy theories, he additionally reshared a Super Bowl advert for his Invest America initiative, the so-called “Trump accounts” for kids, which is able to kickstart financial savings packages for them with the assistance of the federal authorities.
The advert exhibits a number of younger individuals discussing their future plans, together with shopping for properties and learning.
The clip was shared on X by billionaire Michael Dell, who’s investing $6.25 billion in this system along with his spouse, Susan; Dell stated it was “time to give every child a stake in the American Dream.”
Trump shared a screenshot of the X submit on Truth Social with out extra commentary, then instantly returned to posts about voting, and a declare that Obama had been “spying on him.”
The president’s fixation on voting processes noticed him name earlier this week for Republicans to “take over” elections and “nationalize” them.
“We should take over the voting in at least 15 places,” the president recommended.
Leavitt — when requested by reporters about Trump’s feedback on Tuesday — assured them that the president “believes in the United States Constitution.”
Trump has been insistent that he solely misplaced the 2020 election attributable to large voter fraud. His allegations have been examined and located false time and again, however he stays satisfied that fraud — and never a rejection of him and his ideology — is accountable for his electoral losses.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-barack-michelle-obama-apes-truth-social-b2915152.html