Breaking: Trump Posts Video Depicting Obamas as Apes – Political Firestorm Erupts Left and Right

[American Girl]

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You know that moment when Trump drops a meme bomb that sends the left into full meltdown mode, while his supporters laugh it off as classic trolling? That’s exactly what happened when President Trump reposted a video on Truth Social late last night, featuring an AI clip superimposing Barack and Michelle Obama’s faces on apes from The Lion King, set to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” The video, from a pro-Trump X account, focused on 2020 election fraud accusations before the cheeky ending swipe at the Obamas. The left erupted in outrage, calling it “racist” and demanding every Republican denounce it, but Trump’s followers had a good laugh, with over 2,500 likes and 1,100 reposts on Truth Social.



We are going to do a lil trolling to get the leftards fools to share the video and help everyone see what he is trying to expose in the Rigged Elections.

https://defiantamerica.com/breaking-trump-posts-video-depicting-obamas-as-apes-political-firestorm-erupts/

[cato potatoe]

FFS -- Republicans are going to be scraping Trump off their shoe for the next 20 years.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Wow, that is blatantly and exceptionally racist.  Brings me back to the days of Forced Busing in Boston during the 1970s.

I wonder what Trump is trying to distract us and deflect us from today?

[catfish1957]

Someone needs to confiscate Trump's phone.

[mystery-ak]

Why does he do stuff like this..

Trump posts video depicting Obamas as apes sparking backlash across political divide

By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER

Published: 08:13 EST, 6 February 2026



Donald Trump has posted a video on Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.

The clip, which he shared late last night, focuses on his accusations of fraud during the 2020 election.

An AI video shows the faces of the former president and first lady imposed on the bodies of apes, followed by The Tokens' song The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

The clip belongs to a pro-Trump account on X but was reposted by the President on his Truth Social platform.

Trump's latest swipe at the Obama family sparked widespread condemnation across the political divide.

'Disgusting behavior by the President,' wrote California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office wrote on X. 'Every single Republican must denounce this. Now.'

It is unclear if Trump was aware of the Obama imagery. Soon after, he posted a video detailing the history of the black conservative movement in the GOP.

Trump's longstanding feud with Obama stretches back decades, beginning when he first promoted claims that the 44th president was born outside the United States.



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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15535113/Trump-posts-video-depicting-Obamas-apes-sparking-backlash-political-divide.html

[catfish1957]

Why does he do stuff like this..

He's making it harder by the day to defend him. 

[cato potatoe]

He probably didn't watch the video to timestamp where this appears, but needless to say, the president should not binge post on twitter at midnight, sharing AI slop from lord knows who.

[berdie]

Someone needs to confiscate Trump's phone.

My first thought as well. Give him a dummy phone that he can "pretend" with. He'll never know the difference.

[bigheadfred]

 

[rustynail]

Impeachable offense?

[bigheadfred]

He did it on purpose to create the outrage so many more millions will watch how the election was stolen.

[DCPatriot]

He's making it harder by the day to defend him.

He doesn't require defending...just enjoy the 3 years remaining.   

[catfish1957]

He doesn't require defending...just enjoy the 3 years remaining.   

Won't be much to watch if his antics cause us to lose the House and Senate.

[mystery-ak]

White House deletes video showing Obamas as apes after key ally condemns meme as ‘most racist thing I’ve seen’
By Josh Christenson
Published Feb. 6, 2026
Updated Feb. 6, 2026, 12:19 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — The White House deleted a meme video posted on President Trump’s Truth Social that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as apes — after a prominent GOP senator called the clip the “most racist thing I’ve seen” and demanded it be taken down.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially defended the post and accused critics of fomenting “fake outrage” — but the video was taken down a little before noon Friday.

A White House official added that a staffer had “erroneously made the post. It has been taken down.”

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the highest-ranking black Republican in Congress, chided the White House earlier on X: “Praying it [the post] was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it.”

“The President’s post is wrong and incredibly offensive — whether intentional or a mistake — and should be deleted immediately with an apology offered,” added Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).

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https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/us-news/white-house-dismisses-fake-outrage-over-video-trump-posted-showing-obamas-as-gorillas/

[mountaineer]

So unnecessary. 

[Canuck Conservative]

A White House official added that a staffer had “erroneously made the post. It has been taken down.”

How does a "WH staffer" have access to Pres. Trump's personal Truth Social account?

And late at night??

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

 

[libertybele]

Regardless if was posted by Trump himself or a staffer, Trump needs to publicly give the Obamas an apology.  It was indeed wrong and offensive.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I feel really bad for Karoline LEavitt.

[MeganC]

Wow, that is blatantly and exceptionally racist.

I honestly don't give a shit. The Democrats Socialists and their Fellow Travelers have institutionalized racism and segregation again under the guise of DEI and if they don't like it when it gets thrown back at them then too bad.

[libertybele]

I honestly don't give a shit. The Democrats Socialists and their Fellow Travelers have institutionalized racism and segregation again under the guise of DEI and if they don't like it when it gets thrown back at them then too bad.

I get what your saying but stooping to their level, especially as the President is wrong.  Right is right and wrong is wrong.

[andy58-in-nh]

This is stupid, unnecessary, and yeah: offensive. I can't stand Obama, and there's not much that offends me, but this crap is another stupid, unforced error.

The White House needs to focus on what matters to the American people and stop stepping on rakes.

[mountaineer]

How does a "WH staffer" have access to Pres. Trump's personal Truth Social account?

And late at night??

I doubt very many politicos do their own social media (see Gavin Newsom, and the ridiculous posts that obviously are made by children).

[mountaineer]

But it is now apparent that those couple of seconds that depicted the Obamas was part of a second video that had rolled over from the first one that Trump or a White House staffer shared.

Now, you can argue that the White House should be more careful and responsible to vet every video that goes on their social media accounts to ensure there’s no unintended additional material there. But the idea that Trump deliberately posted racist images of the Obamas is a serious false narrative.
https://x.com/megbasham/status/2019854341973131724

https://twitter.com/coconservative7/status/2019806713642405929

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

But it is now apparent that those couple of seconds that depicted the Obamas was part of a second video that had rolled over from the first one that Trump or a White House staffer shared.

Now, you can argue that the White House should be more careful and responsible to vet every video that goes on their social media accounts to ensure there’s no unintended additional material there. But the idea that Trump deliberately posted racist images of the Obamas is a serious false narrative.
https://x.com/megbasham/status/2019854341973131724

https://twitter.com/coconservative7/status/2019806713642405929

Maybe if you're President don't post childish bullshit? Then this sort of confusion wouldn't happen?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/2019812101988974989

[Polly Ticks]

Unforced error.   

[MeganC]

I get what your saying but stooping to their level, especially as the President is wrong.  Right is right and wrong is wrong.

I'd like to see them tried and executed. I have no concern whatsoever for their feelings.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I'd like to see them tried and executed. I have no concern whatsoever for their feelings.

That's the sort of bullshit that occurs in 3rd world countries.

[MeganC]

That's the sort of bullshit that occurs in 3rd world countries.

If the left ever has their way , it will occur here every day for decades.

[Sighlass]

To be fair, Trump probable never got past seeing himself portrayed as king to look to the other parts of the video.

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"What is even more remarkable is that , after seven years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor" - Thomas Sowell

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As I have said a hundred times before... with Trump we erode the very high ground that we use to be able to stand upon.

[Right_in_Virginia]

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https://twitter.com/alx/status/2019794083825266994

[Cyber Liberty]

So unnecessary. 

An unforced error.

[Right_in_Virginia]

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https://twitter.com/saras76/status/2019864797853151481

@Weird Tolkienish Figure
@Sighlass

[Right_in_Virginia]

    

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/2019807565660750154

[Cyber Liberty]

A picture/video portraying the O'Bastards as apes should not have been anywhere on the website's server AT ALL!

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/2019835211308281915

[cato potatoe]

Yeah these excuses are unhelpful.  Who had a racist cartoon in his algorithm?  Was it rogue intern John Barron?