Trump faces backlash after racist Obama-on-monkeys video
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A video posted by President Trump on Truth Social shows Barack and Michelle Obama depicted with monkey-like imagery and repeats false claims about the 2020 election, drawing condemnation from prominent Democrats including Gavin Newsom and Ben Rhodes. The incident adds to Trump's history of using social-media visuals to attack opponents and follows earlier AI-generated clips targeting political figures.
- Trump criticised as racist for sharing video depicting Obamas as monkeys The Times
- Trump posts racist video of Obamas Axios
- Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes, sparking outrage cnn.com
- Trump posts video meme showing Barack, Michelle Obama as apes USA Today
- Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates The Washington Post
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