US EditionObama Reacts to Trump’s AI Video Depicting Him as an Ape: ‘There Doesn’t Seem to Be Any Shame About This’
- On Feb 5, the Truth Social account posted an AI video showing Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, which was deleted after nearly 12 hours amid bipartisan outrage, and Obama addressed the incident in a podcast released Saturday.
- Appended to a longer post about alleged 2020 election fraud, the ape clip was traced to an X post by meme creator Xerias and blamed on an unnamed White House staffer.
- Speaking to Cohen, Obama said there is little shame among those who once valued decorum, describing the online environment as a 'clown show' and criticizing the loss of propriety in public life.
- Several Republican senators, including Senator Tim Scott and Senator Roger Wicker, condemned the post, while Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said it was shared 'erroneously' by a staffer.
- The episode has intensified concerns about AI-generated content, racist tropes linked to The Lion King imagery, and deteriorating norms amid disputes over immigration operations and the Department of Homeland Security's Feb 14 partial shutdown.
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Obama says 'respect for the office' lost after Trump shares racist ape video
Former President Barack Obama said a “clown show” is happening on social media and television in response to a viral video President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social. Trump took down an election conspiracy video from his social media earlier this month after it generated mass controversy, as it included a racist stereotype, portraying Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The former president reacted to the video by saying most …
In first public comments since Trump’s racist video, Obama laments lost decorum
Former President Obama this weekend indirectly addressed a racist video posted this month by President Donald Trump, which depicted Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, as apes.
Obama condemns video Trump posted showing him, Michelle Obama as apes
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized what he described as a collapse in political discourse after current president Donald Trump posted — and later deleted — a social media video that depicted him and his wife, Michelle Obama, with their faces superimposed on the bodies of apes. Trump’s video, shared earlier this month on his Truth Social account, included claims about the 2020 election and briefly cut to the racist image…
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