Report: Trump Fuming at Katie Britt, Told Aides ‘She’s Dead to Me’Jasmyn Jordan 17 Feb 2026
President Donald Trump privately expressed anger toward several Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama, after some in his party publicly condemned a video briefly posted to his Truth Social account earlier this month, according to a report by CNN.
CNN reported that after refusing to apologize for the post, Trump spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video, questioning their loyalty and vowing consequences, according to sources familiar with his comments.
As Breitbart News covered on February 6, a video posted to Trump’s Truth Social account, which focused primarily on the 2020 election, included a roughly two-second snippet at the end from a broader AI-generated, cartoon-style video. The clip depicted the Obamas’ faces, as well as former President Joe Biden’s, on the bodies of cartoon apes. Other Democrats, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), were portrayed as various animals, while Trump was shown as a lion, with the animals bowing at the end.
A senior White House official told CNN at the time that a staffer “erroneously made the post” and that it had been taken down. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the clip was taken from an internet meme video depicting Trump as “the King of the Jungle” and Democrats as characters from The Lion King, calling the reaction “fake outrage.” In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, Leavitt described the uproar as “fake news.”
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) wrote on X that he was “praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House” and urged that it be removed. CNN noted that Scott, who speaks regularly with Trump, also attempted to reach the president privately before posting publicly. According to the network, Trump later called Scott and indicated he intended to have his team take down the post.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had only seen the first portion of the video about alleged voter fraud and not the final frames before it was posted. “We took it down as soon as we found out about it,” he said, adding that “nobody knew that that was at the end.” When asked if he condemned the video, Trump replied, “Of course I do.”
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