The video, generated by synthetic intelligence (AI) and republished by Donald Trump on his Truth Social community on February 5, is extremely racist, which shocked even his personal camp. It depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as laughing monkeys, and numerous figures from the Democratic Party as savannah animals bowing to the present American president, represented as a triumphant lion king.
Is an excessive amount of? If protests abound, members of the Republican Party have nonetheless had many different alternatives to blush on the conduct of their president, such is the lengthy record of ethical transgressions by which the previous turbulent tv host indulges. To cite solely his newest escapades, of breathtaking crudeness, he just lately agonized a CNN journalist with sexist remarks in entrance of her colleagues; sullied the reminiscence of American producer Rob Reiner upon the announcement of his loss of life; publicly humiliated a overseas head of state – Emmanuel Macron – by mocking his accent; declared “deserving” of the Nobel Peace Prize, earlier than accepting it from the arms of its recipient, the Venezuelan opponent Maria Corina Machado, in a grotesque setting.
Donald Trump, already convicted prior to now in civil (for sexual assault) and felony (for falsification of accounting paperwork), has additionally just lately proven the little regard he has for probably the most sacred political norms of American democracy.
Compliance with the Constitution? Ignored by the imposition of customs duties with out settlement from Congress within the identify of the nationwide emergency – an motion whose illegality was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court on February 20. The precept of separation of powers? Blithely overwhelmed by the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, and the announcement of the takeover of the nation and its hydrocarbon assets, once more carried out with out settlement from Congress, although the latter has the prerogative in issues of armed conflicts overseas. Respect for human life and the basic rights of individuals residing on American territory? Swept by the deaths of two residents of Minneapolis (Minnesota), Renee Good and Alex Pretti, killed in January by ICE brokers, and by that of greater than 32 individuals detained by immigration police in 2025.
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