Trump shares video with racist imagery of Barack and Michelle Obama in late-night posting spree
In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apesUS politics live – latest updatesFury erupted early on Friday after Donald Trump posted a racist video that depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.The clip appeared during one of...
<p>In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apes</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/06/trump-barack-obama-michelle-truth-social-epstein-latest-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Fury erupted early on Friday after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> posted a racist video that depicts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/barack-obama+michelleobama">Barack and Michelle Obama</a> as apes.</p><p>The clip appeared during one of the 79-year-old US president’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trumps-truth-social-post-health">increasingly frequent</a> late-night posting sprees to his Truth Social account, and shows the laughing faces of the former president and first lady superimposed on the bodies of primates in a jungle setting, bobbing to the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama">Continue reading...</a>
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