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White House Removes Trump Post Depicting Obamas as Monkeys, Says It Was Posted in Error
- On Friday, February 6, 2026, the White House removed a Truth Social post showing former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama depicted as monkeys, blaming a White House staffer.
- During an overnight burst, the president reposted over 60 Truth Social posts, including false 2020 election claims, just before midnight on Thursday.
- Analysis shows the snippet came from PatriotNewsOutlet.com and an earlier MAGA meme created by X user @xerias_x, ending with an AI-generated image and music from The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
- Several lawmakers from both parties demanded deletion and apology after California Governor Gavin Newsom's office called it `Disgusting behavior by the President` and urged Republicans to denounce it.
- Historians note the imagery echoes century-old racist tropes and the Jim Crow Museum documents similar comparisons of Black people to monkeys, while the White House's rare backdown followed stormy criticism, highlighting reputational risk.
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Trump’s racist post about Obamas deleted despite White House earlier defending it
President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as racist.
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US President Donald Trump posted a video on the social media platform Truth Social in which he depicted the first black US president, Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle as monkeys. The White House has since removed the video.
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