US EditionDonald Trump says he didn't make a mistake over Obamas as apes video
Trump defended sharing a racist AI-generated video portraying the Obamas as apes on Truth Social, refusing to apologize despite bipartisan condemnation and deleting it after 12 hours.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump declined to apologize after sharing a video on Truth Social that portrayed former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes and stayed online nearly 12 hours before removal.
- The AI-generated 62-second clip overlaid faces on jungle animals, echoed false voting claims, and a staffer `erroneously` posted it, according to Karoline Leavitt.
- Trump said he `looked at the beginning of it.`, forwarded the clip, and said the opening about alleged fraud was `fine` after previewing it aboard Air Force One.
- Bipartisan backlash intensified after Thursday’s post, with Senator Tim Scott calling it `the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House` and renewing debate over White House accountability.
- In the first week of Black History Month, the post arrived amid heightened sensitivity as Trump dismissed concerns it could alienate Black voters and raised questions about control of Trump's social media accounts and AI-generated memes.
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We Must Teach Young Americans That Associating Black People With Apes Is Racist
Racial illiteracy about this and a range of other topics is guaranteed to worsen as books are banned in our nation’s K–12 schools. U.S. president Donald Trump shared a racist video on his Truth Social account in which former American president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama were depicted as apes. I was unsurprised, yet nonetheless disgusted. U.S. senator Jon Ossoff also found the video unacceptable. He said during a rally in Atlanta th…
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