"Hours before President Donald Trump finally took down a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, numerous Republicans and loyalists slammed the commander in chief for posting the clip in the first place. The video, mostly focused on pushing a conspiracy about manipulated vote-counting machines, briefly showed an AI-generated snippet of the heads of the former president and first lady affixed to the bodies of apes as The Tokens' song The Lion Sleeps Tonight played."
"Posted on Trump's Truth Social account late Thursday, it remained for a little over 12 hours before it was yanked around noon on Friday. The clip sparked a furor across social media, with numerous political figures slamming the president and demanding he take it down. And it wasn't just Democrats, as Republicans joined the pile-on. Leading the way was Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, who said that it was the most racist thing I've ever seen out of this White House."
"Batya Ungar-Sargon, one of the few pro-Trump voices on CNN, called the clip gross and racist. This is gross and racist. The President should delete it and apologize. The clip with the Obamas is the last 2 seconds of a minute long clip on voting machines being hacked, so maybe Trump didn't watch it til the end. Maybe he didn't even post it himself. If that's the case, https://t.co/ayDKkCAMWI Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) February 6, 2026"
President Donald Trump posted a Truth Social video that briefly depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes to accompany a claim about manipulated vote-counting machines. The AI-generated snippet appeared at the end of a longer clip and played The Tokens' song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The post remained on the platform for a little over 12 hours before it was removed. The clip provoked widespread condemnation across social media and bipartisan political criticism. Senate Republican Tim Scott called it the most racist thing he had seen from the White House. Multiple Republicans and commentators demanded deletion and an apology. Piers Morgan described the imagery as vile racist imagery, while Rep. Mike Lawler called the post wrong and incredibly offensive and urged an immediate deletion and apology. Some Trump voters also criticized the clip.
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