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On Friday, while chatting with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Mar-a-Lago, the president said: donald trump He refused to apologize for a racist AI-generated video posted to his Truth social account Thursday that depicted the Obamas as monkeys, telling reporters he didn’t apologize because “I didn’t make a mistake.”
“The White House says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire that staffer?” an anonymous reporter can be heard asking. President Trump responded, “No, I saw it. I didn’t see it all. I gave it to the people. They posted it.”
The reporter then followed up with, “Are you planning on apologizing?”
“No, I didn’t make a mistake,” the president insisted.
The video, posted Thursday night by Trump’s account, contained baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and included a short clip of the former president at the end. barack obama and former first lady Michelle Obama’s A face superimposed on a monkey’s body.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, along with members of the media, vehemently condemned the video as racist.
On Friday morning, the White House press secretary said: caroline leavitt He shrugged off the video as “an internet meme video depicting President Trump as king of the jungle” and dismissed critics as “a false outrage.”
However, just hours later, the post was deleted from President Trump’s account and an anonymous White House official was accused of making the “false” post.
“The first thing I saw was [of the video] “It was really, really strong,” Trump continued at Friday’s press conference. Whenever I see something like that, if it’s reliable, I’ll post it. But someone slipped and missed a very small part…that was a very strong truth. ”
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