US EditionWhite House Removes Trump Post Depicting Obamas as Monkeys, Says It Was Posted in Error
- Donald Trump posted a video on Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, sparking immediate backlash across social media and political figures.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office called the post 'Disgusting behavior by the President.'
- Former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes stated that Trump's actions would mark him as a 'stain on our history.'
- Critics have highlighted Trump's history of racism, noting that this incident was just another example.
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Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting the Obamas as monkeys on Friday. The post drew strong criticism and was accused of being racist. Hours after it was uploaded, the clip was taken down by the White House – after initially defending it as a joke.
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In the first week of Black History Month, President Trump posted a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on social media — a video clip showing the Obamas’ faces on apes. The post was later deleted, and the White House blamed a staffer for “erroneously” posting it.It was one of dozens of posts Trump shared in the middle of the night on his platform Truth Social and came at the end of a minute-long video …
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Kearney HubSen. Pete Ricketts calls on Trump to apologize for social post depicting Obamas as apes
Sen. Pete Ricketts was among the Republican officials Friday who called on President Donald Trump to apologize for a Trump social media post depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.
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