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Trump’s video depicting Obamas as apes sparks outrage

Trump Faces Backlash Over Racist Video Post

US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by sharing a social media video containing a racist clip of Barack and Michelle Obama. The footage portrayed them as apes and was featured at the end of a video discussing alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election.

This action prompted Republican Senator Tim Scott, who is black, to urge Trump's removal of the post, deeming it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House." Initially, the White House defended the video as an internet meme and dismissed criticism as "fake outrage." However, growing pressure from Republican senators led to the clip’s removal from Trump's Truth Social account. A White House representative claimed a staffer had "erroneously" posted it.

The clip also depicted other Democrats as animals, including Joe Biden as an ape. The Obamas have yet to comment, but the video’s distribution sparked fierce criticism, both publicly and within Trump’s party.

Senator Scott expressed his hope that the post was fake, reinforcing the racism he perceived. Meanwhile, Republican Mike Lawler condemned the post as "incredibly offensive" and called for its immediate removal.

Utah Senator John Curtis further criticized it as "blatantly racist." Reports indicated concerns about account access and post approval processes after Florida representative Byron Donalds contacted the White House, learning a staffer "let the president down."

The White House Press Secretary defended the post, urging a focus on more pressing issues. Nonetheless, Derrick Johnson from the NAACP called it "disgusting," suggesting a distraction from other controversies like the Epstein case.

Criticism extended beyond politicians. Ben Rhodes, a former Obama adviser, remarked on Trump's tarnished reputation compared to the Obamas’ legacy. Several lawmakers, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and California Governor Gavin Newsom, harshly criticized Trump's behavior.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries described Trump as "vile," demanding Republicans denounce Trump’s actions. The debunked election claims in the video, part of a minute-long post, further fueled discontent. Trump's history of unfounded attacks on Obama, including false birther claims, added context to the uproar.

The incident underscores persistent tensions surrounding Trump’s rhetoric and highlights ongoing debates over race, leadership, and accountability in the political arena.

Key Takeaways

  • Trump’s video sparked bipartisan outrage for racism.

  • The White House claimed a staffer made an error.

  • Calls for denouncement and accountability intensified.

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FolkGuitar Platinum Member

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42 minutes ago, Slowhand225 said:

I'll take a lot of enjoyment in watching people loose their mind.

You obviously have a kind of mental disorder that causes people to enjoy other people's misery
It's called 'Schadenfreude,' and we commonly see it in MAGA people. trump enjoys dragging down people, so his followers get joy from it too.

Really sick puppies. I'm glad that I don't know you personally.

marin Platinum Member

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1 minute ago, FolkGuitar said:

555! Are you still talking about Obama and Biden?
Don't you know they are not in office? trump is.

He's the one causing the problems. Stop living in the past.

Its all he has. Trump going off the rails is hitting the hard core AN Trump fans hard. The future does not look as good as a year ago. All has changed as Trump just continues to fall in all polls, but also obviously with most Americans these days. Hard to support a guy who makes it hard to feed your family on a daily basis.

Yellowtail Star Member

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Just now, marin said:

Its all he has. Trump going off the rails is hitting the hard core AN Trump fans hard. The future does not look as good as a year ago. All has changed as Trump just continues to fall in all polls, but also obviously with most Americans these days. Hard to support a guy who makes it hard to feed your family on a daily basis.

Ahh, the left still pretending to care about the poor.

Meanwhile, they are fighting tooth and nail to stop deportations, get the border opened back up, and get millions more illegal aliens to flood into the country to drive wages down, housing costs up.

The left: Benefiting the rich on the backs of the poor.

Chomper Higgot Star Member

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12 minutes ago, Slowhand225 said:


Unlike you, I actually TALK to my wife and friends.
These are my experiences, unlike your opinion which are just dreams.

Or at least that’s what you tell us.

Chomper Higgot Star Member

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3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The left: Benefiting the rich on the backs of the poor.

Quite a remarkable statement given the $trillions Trump has funneled to the hyper wealthy.

Ah but at least you’re getting more Baht for your Dollars these days.

anyone Advanced Member

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It’s interesting that in people’s minds Obama is inextricably linked with the image of a monkey, rather than, say, Kermit the Frog...

Yellowtail Star Member

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2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Quite a remarkable statement given the $trillions Trump has funneled to the hyper wealthy.

Ah but at least you’re getting more Baht for your Dollars these days.

Oh, more defection. What I said was:

Ahh, the left still pretending to care about the poor.

Meanwhile, they are fighting tooth and nail to stop deportations, get the border opened back up, and get millions more illegal aliens to flood into the country to drive wages down, housing costs up.

The left: Benefiting the rich on the backs of the poor.

Chomper Higgot Star Member

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Just now, Yellowtail said:

Oh, more defection. What I said was:

Ahh, the left still pretending to care about the poor.

Meanwhile, they are fighting tooth and nail to stop deportations, get the border opened back up, and get millions more illegal aliens to flood into the country to drive wages down, housing costs up.

The left: Benefiting the rich on the backs of the poor.

Yes you mischaracterized the left with your border/immigrant fallacy.

It’s something you do a lot of.

The deflection of course is on your part, deflecting from Trump’s overt racism.

Slowhand225 Gold Member

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2 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

You obviously have a kind of mental disorder that causes people to enjoy other people's misery
It's called 'Schadenfreude,' and we commonly see it in MAGA people. trump enjoys dragging down people, so his followers get joy from it too.

Really sick puppies. I'm glad that I don't know you personally.


Yes, its nice to watch nasty liberals heads explode, people just like you who have to result to insults.

POP

Yellowtail Star Member

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2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yes you mischaracterized the left with your border/immigrant fallacy.

It’s something you do a lot of.

The deflection of course is on your part, deflecting from Trump’s overt racism.

The left believes blacks are not smart enough to get into university without the left lowering standards for them. Not racist.

Trump retweeting a joke. Racist.

And please explain how I have mischaracterized the left in regard to the left's border and immigration policy.

Chomper Higgot Star Member

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2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The left believes blacks are not smart enough to get into university without the left lowering standards for them. Not racist.

Trump retweeting a joke. Racist.

And please explain how I have mischaracterized the left in regard to the left's border and immigration policy.

Refer topic of discussion at top of thread.

And quit with the deflections already.

Chomper Higgot Star Member

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5 minutes ago, Slowhand225 said:


Yes, its nice to watch nasty liberals heads explode, people just like you who have to result to insults.

POP

That sound you hear is support for Trump and what remains of the GOP imploding.

stevenl Star Member

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17 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Meanwhile, they are fighting tooth and nail to stop deportations, get the border opened back up, and get millions more illegal aliens to flood into the country to drive wages down, housing costs up.

All nonsense claims.

spidermike007 Star Member

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17 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Obama is free to sue Trump if it's such a big deal.

Good news for you. Maybe 25% of votes were not even from US citizens?

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Obama does not stoop to the gutter depths of the morally bankrupt man without a soul. He has way too much dignity. A quality the goon does not have one nanogram of.

Slowhand225 Gold Member

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55 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That sound you hear is support for Trump and what remains of the GOP imploding.


Reading is painful for you I see

Someone would need to be really retarded to get that from what I wrote

Yellowtail Star Member

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The left believing blacks are intellectually inferior, not racist.

Trump retweeting a joke, racist.

LosLobo Platinum Member

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3 hours ago, save the frogs said:

The previous adminstration had access to the Epstein files.

If there was sth incriminating Trump, they would have exposed it and taken him down a long time ago.


Non sequitur.
Unlike Trump’s DOJ, Biden’s DOJ was independent and non-political — so ‘they would’ve taken him down’ doesn’t follow. Lack of prosecution isn’t proof of innocence.

Epstein offended, was arrested, and died under Trump. By the time Biden took office, it was a cold case — there was no new evidence.

Opening the files was one of Trump’s election promises — like prices, ending the Ukraine war, and ‘no more forever wars’ — that he clearly thought he could renege on.
Instead, it backfired when the GOP found a spine and Congress voted against him.

spidermike007 Star Member

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5 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Trump claims he didn't see the part with Obama in the video.

He said he only watched the first part of the video, which was about voter fraud.

But he didn't like the Obama clip. He's not the one who made it or posted it. And he didn't watch the entire video before it was posted.

So it's all been a misunderstanding.

I think over the last 45 years Trump has amply and frequently demonstrated that he not only cannot be trusted but that nearly everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie, so how on earth are you going to believe that he didn't see the end of the video, and why do you suppose he approved it without watching the entirety of it? It was only one minute long, for God's sake.

Yellowtail Star Member

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4 minutes ago, LosLobo said:


Non sequitur.
Unlike Trump’s DOJ, Biden’s DOJ was independent and non-political — so ‘they would’ve taken him down’ doesn’t follow. Lack of prosecution isn’t proof of innocence.

Epstein offended, was arrested, and died under Trump. By the time Biden took office, it was a cold case — there was no new evidence.

Well, that's a hoot.

4 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

Opening the files was one of Trump’s election promises — like prices, ending the Ukraine war, and ‘no more forever wars’ — that he clearly thought he could renege on.
Instead, it backfired when the GOP found a spine and Congress voted against him.

We are to believe the Biden DOJ sat on proof that Trump was a pedophile, but chose instead to prosecute him for bookkeeping errors.

Yellowtail Star Member

Yellowtail

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1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

I think over the last 45 years Trump has amply and frequently demonstrated that he not only cannot be trusted but that nearly everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie, so how on earth are you going to believe that he didn't see the end of the video, and why do you suppose he approved it without watching the entirety of it? It was only one minute long, for God's sake.

That you think something means nothing to me.

The left believing blacks are intellectually inferior, not racist.

Trump retweeting a joke, racist.

save the frogs Star Member

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42 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Obama does not stoop to the gutter depths of the morally bankrupt man without a soul. He has way too much dignity.

Or maybe it's just mostly a facade / fake persona.

And people prefer the fake facade because it makes them feel less nervous.

Bday Prang Star Member

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On 2/7/2026 at 7:27 AM, Jim Blue said:

Should go down well with the Hispanic

voters who elected him last time around ?

obama was not hispanic so it won't bother them, well not as much as it bothers you

spidermike007 Star Member

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1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

Or maybe it's just mostly a facade / fake persona.

And people prefer the fake facade because it makes them feel less nervous.

No there were many things about Obama that I didn't like, but he was a sincere man, and he was truly a man of grace, dignity, elegance, eloquence and he was a man who made most Americans proud, which is the exact opposite of the orangutan who's currently running the country and embarrassing Americans worldwide as well as himself, without even knowing it, due to his extreme lack of self-awareness.

Trump is a rabid gutter dog.

Jim Blue Platinum Member

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1 minute ago, Bday Prang said:

obama was not hispanic so it won't bother them, well not as much as it bothers you

Me and my cousin against the

stranger .

Yellowtail Star Member

Yellowtail

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1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

No there were many things about Obama that I didn't like, but he was a sincere man, and he was truly a man of grace, dignity, elegance, eloquence and he was a man who made most Americans proud, which is the exact opposite of the orangutan who's currently running the country and embarrassing Americans worldwide as well as himself, without even knowing it, due to his extreme lack of self-awareness.

Trump is a rabid gutter dog.

Yeah, I loved when he wrote off a third of the country as bitter and clinging to their guns and bible. Oh, and calling Trump a fascist.

So classy

Bday Prang Star Member

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1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

And quit with the deflections already.

a rather insulting impersonation of an American accent ihopefully its just the White Americans you choose to insult, wouldn't want to be racist now would we?

chaila Senior Member

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2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Ahh, the left still pretending to care about the poor.

Meanwhile, they are fighting tooth and nail to stop deportations, get the border opened back up, and get millions more illegal aliens to flood into the country to drive wages down, housing costs up.

The left: Benefiting the rich on the backs of the poor.

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save the frogs Star Member

save the frogs

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17 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Trump is a rabid gutter dog.

No, you were deluded by a fake well-polished persona.

Trump has rightfully called out Obamacare as lining the pockets of insurance companies.

cdemundo Platinum Member

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24 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Or maybe it's just mostly a facade / fake persona.

And people prefer the fake facade because it makes them feel less nervous.

oh yeah, that's probably it.

Yellowtail Star Member

Yellowtail

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11 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

a rather insulting impersonation of an American accent ihopefully its just the White Americans you choose to insult, wouldn't want to be racist now would we?

The left always assumes anyone that can read and write is white.

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