Trump refuses to apologize for put up depicting Obamas as apes and claims he’s the ‘least racist’ president | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump refused to apologize for a video he shared on Truth Social — and later deleted — on Friday that included a racist picture depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes.

During a press gaggle on Friday evening outdoors the White House earlier than Trump boarded Air Force One, reporters requested Trump in regards to the put up. He insisted that he was the “least racist president you’ve had in a long time,” and positioned the accountability for the put up on his employees.

“I looked at it. I saw it, and I just looked at the first part. It was about voter fraud,” Trump stated. “I guess during the end of it, there was some kind of a people don’t like, I wouldn’t like it either, but I didn’t see it. I just I looked at the first part, and it was really about voter fraud in the machines, how crooked it is, how disgusting it is.”

He stated that after somebody on his employees watched your complete video, it was taken down. When a reporter requested him about calls from different Republicans to apologize for the video, Trump refused to take accountability.

“No, I didn’t make a mistake. I mean, if I look at a lot of thousands of things, I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine,” Trump stated.

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, a Republican, stated he was “praying it was fake.”

“It’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it,” Scott, who’s Black, stated in a put up on X earlier than the video was deleted.

Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, stated in an X put up that Trump “should take it down and apologize.”

Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, instructed the New York Times that the condemnation from Republicans was uncommon. He stated that the White House “realized what a colossal screw-up this was, and they realized that because elected Republicans were directly pushing back on them for one of the rare times we’ve ever seen.”

When Trump was requested if he was frightened that sharing the racist video — even inadvertently — was going to harm the good points he made with minority voters in 2024. He stated no and insisted he’s carried out extra for minority voters than every other president.

“We did criminal justice reform. I did the historically Black colleges and universities. I got them funded. Nobody has been — and that’s why I got a tremendous the highest vote with male black voters,” he stated. “And I am, by the way, the least racist president you’ve had in a long time.”

Another reported famous to Trump that he admitted to not watching the racist video in full earlier than he despatched it off to his employees to share it on Truth Social. The report insinuated that it was just like the absent main Trump accused former President Joe Biden of throughout the 2024 election.

“You frequently criticize Joe Biden for not knowing what is going on in his name, this racist video that was posted on your social media —” the reporter stated earlier than Trump lower him off.

“I know Biden a whole hell of a lot better than you do,” Trump snapped. “You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on. Joe Biden didn’t have a clue. But we know everything, and when you look at what’s happening with our economy and think of it, we’re way years ahead of schedule.”

Trump was later requested instantly if he condemns the racist components of the video, to which Trump replied: “Of course I do.”

When requested if he had any message for the Americans who had been offended by the video, Trump stated “I really have no message,” earlier than insisting that the U.S. is the “hottest country anywhere in the world” proper now.