Trump Privately Railed Against 2 GOP Senators Who Criticized His Racist Obama Video: Report | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump final weekend privately lambasted two Republican lawmakers for condemning the racist video he shared that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama as apes, sources accustomed to his feedback instructed CNN.

Trump eliminated the video amid condemnation from Democrats and Republicans alike, however refused to apologize for sharing it. Instead, he reportedly seethed about criticism from Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.).

Scott, who’s the one Black Republican senator, had written on X, “Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”

“The president felt he could’ve handled that matter privately,” a senior Trump administration official instructed CNN in regards to the president’s concern with Scott. “He was like, ‘We work together all the time. He didn’t need to comment publicly.’”

The president reportedly had far harsher phrases for Britt, claiming throughout an expletive-laden tirade that she was useless to him, one of many sources recalled to CNN. Her workplace instructed the outlet Friday that that is “fake news” and extolled her working relationship with Trump.

The White House later instructed CNN that Trump has “great respect” for Britt, calling her an “incredibly ally.”

Trump has shared racist feedback and content material earlier than, however the video depicting his predecessor as a chimpanzee and the previous first girl as a gorilla crossed the road for a number of GOP lawmakers. The White House later mentioned it was unintentionally shared by an unnamed staffer, and Trump instructed reporters he hadn’t even seen the video’s racist portion.

“I didn’t make a mistake,” he mentioned final week. “I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine.”

While aides comparable to Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino reportedly have entry to Trump’s social media accounts, Trump appeared to have much less ire for the alleged unnamed staffer than he reportedly had for the general public criticism.

“No, I haven’t [taken action against them],” Trump mentioned Thursday with out figuring out anybody. “That was a video on, as you know, voter fraud, a fairly long video, and they had a little piece, and it had to do with the ‘Lion King.’ It’s been very well, it’s been shown all over the place long before that was posted.”

Far-right activist Laura Loomer introduced final Friday that she was “compiling a list” of each GOP senator who “attacked” Trump with “false” accusations of racism.

Scott and Britt have been reportedly each in Palm Beach, Florida final weekend for the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s winter retreat when Trump fumed about them. According to CNN, Trump didn’t see them — as an alternative, he hosted senators who hadn’t complained abou the video, together with Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), taking them {golfing} and welcoming them to his Super Bowl watch social gathering.