President Donald Trump shared a highly racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys in a late-night Truth Social post.
As America and Trump’s authority on the world stage further erodes, the president shared a video The show, which aired late Thursday on Truth Social, ended with a short clip of the Obamas’ smiling heads superimposed on the bodies of monkeys as the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played in the background. The video had a watermark tag from the same account inserted behind the AI-generated video. President Trump drops tons of feces and urine on protesters from fighter jets.
Most of the 62-second video actually focused on the conspiracy theory that voting machines in certain battleground states were rigged to favor Joe Biden. Only the final seconds contained racist nonsense.
Bulwark’s Tim Miller disputed speculation that President Trump did not intend to share the racist video. “It was intentional, and I hope this makes Trump feel better after about 20 years of racist attacks against the Obamas,” he said. I wrote it in X’s post.
Ben Rhodes, former speechwriter for President Obama, I wrote to X: “Let Trump and his racists know that future Americans will study him as a blot on history while embracing the Obamas as lovable people.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office also condemned the video. “Disgusting act by the president. All Republicans must condemn this. Now” Post about X read.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt dismissed concerns about the video Friday morning. “This is from an internet meme video that depicts President Trump as the king of the jungle and Democrats as war characters. lion king” she wrote in an emailed statement. variety. “Stop the false outrage and report today on the things that actually matter to the American people.”
Leavitt also shared a full video depicting Hillary Clinton as a boar and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as a meerkat, but the two were noticeably absent from the clip shared by Trump.
Trump typically uses his Truth Social account to post presidential proclamations, appeals to foreign leaders, and criticism of his opponents. But on Thursday, President Trump shared a video of a dog being called to a can of whipped cream and another clip from the movie “Bruce Lee.” enter the dragon (1973). He also supported Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a “true friend, fighter and winner.” Orbán has become something of a model leader for the modern right, ever since he systematically undermined his country’s free press and replaced it with a state-controlled propaganda machine.
