https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/06/trump-posts-video-meme-showing-barack-michelle-obama-as-apes/88547285007/Washington — President Donald Trump shared a clip of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appearing as apes in a late-night Truth Social post on Feb. 5 before taking it down the following day amid bipartisan pushback.The roughly minute-long video centered on footage discussing unsubstantiated voter fraud allegations in the 2020 presidential election before briefly flipping to the clip of the Obamas.The image of the Obamas, which appeared to have been generated by artificial intelligence, showed the bodies of two apes whose faces have been replaced by that of the former president and first lady. They appeared to be in a jungle with apes flying in the background.The White House initially dismissed criticism that the video was racist, and said it is from a meme depicting Trump and the Obamas as characters from the Lion King. Trump does not appear in the video, which he posted just before midnight on Feb. 5 with no accompanying text.But by noon ET on Feb. 6 ‒ after the post had been up about 12 hours ‒ it no longer appeared on Truth Social. A White House official told USA TODAY on Feb. 6 a White House staffer had erroneously made the post and that it was taken down.The video was among more than 90 posts from Trump's Truth Social account made during a rapid flurry of activity that started at 10:36 p.m. ET on Feb. 5 and ended 12:25 a.m. ET. Yet a close Trump ally, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the president had no knowledge of the post and that a staffer let Trump down.A small group of trusted White House officials have access to the president's social media accounts. A 2024 documentary, "Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback," showed Trump dictating to Natalie Harp, executive assistant to the president, what to write in one of his posts.
In the original meme that the White House referred to, Trump's head is superimposed on the body of a lion. Faces of other politicians, including former President Joe Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also appear superimposed on animals in the original video."This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement prior to the post being removed.USA TODAY has reached out to the Obamas for comment.Social media denounces Trump's racist post of ObamasMany on social media quickly denounced the portrayal as racist, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle denounced the post and called on the president to apologize.
>>1487188IM OUTRAGEDHE SHOULD APOLOGIZE
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he was "praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it."U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, said the post was "totally unacceptable" and called on the president to apologize."Even if this was a Lion King meme, a reasonable person sees the racist context to this. The White House should do what anyone does when they make a mistake: remove this and apologize," wrote U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, on X.Newsom's press office called on Republicans to speak out about the video in a post on X."Disgusting behavior by the President," the post said. "Every single Republican must denounce this. Now."In response to Trump's post, the X account Republicans Against Trump said, "there's no bottom."Ben Rhodes, a former deputy national security adviser under President Obama, also decried the image."Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history," Rhodes wrote on X.Harry Sisson, a Democratic political influencer, called the video "incredibly racist and disgusting.""Beneath the office of the presidency, like everything he does. Every American must condemn this," Sisson wrote on X.U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, wrote, "Last night, the president shared a racist AI-generated video attacking the Obamas. This kind of Jim Crow–style dehumanization is pathetic and a disgrace to the office.Torrey Smith, a former NFL wide receiver, said it is "embarrassing and disappointing" on X."Choosing to side with him is agreeing with him. My personal line is drawn with people and I move accordingly," Smith said.
Lol
I wanna watch it. Where can I find it?
>>1487206Trump cucked out and deleted it
>>1487211>Trump cucked outlmao, of couse Trump TACOdMAGA's signature move is 180ing at the last moment
>first moon man edits>now thisHilarious timeline
>>1487188God he is fucking OBSESSED with Obama. It's been ten fucking years since that man last held any office and Trump is still seething over him.
>>1487216He not only TACO'd but he tried to blame random staffer who magically went into his bedroom in the middle of the night, took his phone and posted it.And this isn't the first time the tried that lie to cover for the far right's racism either.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medgar-evers-national-park-brochure-racist_n_698603a9e4b0fa2b17040192
>>1487188>88Lmao
>>1487228And trump just admitted he was the one who posted it throwing his damage control team under the bus. Again.
What's the problem here?
>>1487241Given you only get all your news from the twitter bubble, you wouldn't have a problemhttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/5/2367392/-Trump-is-popular-only-in-Elon-Musk-s-racist-online-cesspoolCivilized society on the other hand does.
>>1487242>DailyKOSSomeone's a radical terrorist, I see.
>>1487242Your 'civilized society' is currently creating checkpoints in the twin cities and attacking ICE officers because they want to deport rapists. A little bit of racism is mandatory at this point.
He has to remind people that he is a racist so that they'll forget he is a pedophile.
>>1487250>they want to deport rapistsTrump is in DC though
https://files.catbox.moe/34eod1.mp4
>>1487257Everyone is depicted as animals. I don't understand what's racist about this?
>>1487258They see the Obamas and immediately jump to outrage mode not caring to watch the rest..
>>1487250>>1487248>Racist Fascists are booty blasted real Americans are rising up against their tyranny.>LaughsinFoundingFathers.jph
>>1487188https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40108959leftists think making a severed head "joke" of your political opponent is fineso this is fine
>>1487250You jackbooted thugs are trying to turn civilized society into a fascist shithole, and civilized society is resisting. You can bullshit about rapists and murderers all you want, civilized society isn’t buying it. >A little bit of racism is mandatory at this point.You have no place in civilized society.
>>1487261>Russians can't find anything new>Can't handle the bants eitherLOL
>>1487264>joking about murder is banterleftist terrorist scum
>>1487261>washed up comedian says something stupid 9 years ago, so I am fully justified in being as big a bigot as possibleOkay buddy.
>>1487261Effigy destructions are a form of traditional political protest going back centuries.>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EffigyAlso, she got fucking fired for that bullshit and she wasn't the fucking president. You don't get to even attempt to equate that shit until Trump's suffered the same consequence and even then you can choke on your mother's cock for implying the two are remotely comparable.
>>1487188Okay you have to admit this shit is hilarious. Trump really was put in office thanks to 4chan.
>>1487268>Rightoids seething when their own humor is turned against themAs expected of racist rightoid terrorists
>>1487275>Trump really was put in office thanks to russiaFixed
>>1487263>You jackbooted thugs are trying to turn civilized society into a fascist shitholeYou literally think people should die because of their political opinions, nigger. You are the fascist.
>>1487279>Fascist projectingScratch a conservative and a fascist bleeds.
>>1487269ww 2 was only 70 years ago its still relevant stop trying to downplay your crimes against humanity and die.>>1487274then everyone who cheered her on should be systematically captured and sentenced to the electric chair only then will your sins be cleansed.>implying the two are remotely comparable.nice double standards one is a racist joke the other is a call for murder you're right they aren't comparable you're a vile horrendous human being who should die painfully because that's what u keep wishing for to others
>>1487258>>1487259>there's nothing wrong with the video>Trump gets the video deleted after the backlash and blames some intern because he totally didn't post itSo it's not racist and Trump is a cowardly cuck who bows to pressure or it's racist and Trump is still a cowardlt cuck who bows to pressure?
>>1487260The US's Founding Fathers would've hanged you.
>>1487284>>1487280
>>1487285What is this supposed to mean?
>>1487287Figure it out, newfag.
You're all being goaded to civil war. Both sides are complicit in the destruction of any form of American values. They push for the same thing from different angles, though it may look like two vastly different paths, it leads exactly where they want.
>>1487291Fuck off with your both sides bullshit. One side has secret police shooting and disappearing people in the street, the other doesn't.
>>1487293And the other side constantly summons zerg mobs to assault random people in the streets whenever dems need a distraction from fraud they got caught doing again. >Minnesota gets caught>suddenly mobs beating people in the streets>Los Angeles gets caught>suddenly mobs beating people in the streets
>>1487291nigga here's the bare minimum that the POTUS needs to do to not provoke civil conflict>don't constantly post insulting posts on social media portraying your political opponents as lower animalsthat's fucking it, did Obama achieve this? yes he did, did Biden achieve this? yes he did, who isn't passing this test? answer this question please before you talk about the both sides bullshit
>>1487299>>don't constantly post insulting posts on social media portraying your political opponents as lower animalsSo what democrats constantly do to Trump, Republicans, conservative civilians outside of government, voters, etc.
>>1487294Even if that was true it wouldn't be an equivalent. >>1487300Nor this. Random-ass democrats do not have the same responsibilities or should be held to the same standard as the fucking PRESIDENT, retard.
>>1487301>Random-ass democratsI guess AOC falls into this category when it's convenient to you.
>>1487300Link one kikebook/shitter post where Obongo or Sleepy Joe called Trump mean names. You fucking can't cause they're grown ass adults who are more professional than that.
>>1487299>don't constantly post insulting posts on social media portraying your political opponents as lower animalsDems tried to kill him three times. And then they killed charlie kirk. And then they locked down the twin cities because a commie jew got yeeted for continuously fucking with the feds.This is not a Trump problem. This is the left being certifiably insane.
>>1487304Okay so how does that make Obama a monkey?This thread is about the POTUS' behavior, it's a much higher standard than what's applied to a random crazy with a gun.Actually I know the answer, you're just throwing irrelevant bullshit to derail the discussion. Trump's post was so fucking stupid it was the rare occasion that GOP was actually sorta kinda against him. Even they don't agree with your slavish devotion.
>>1487303>Link one kikebook/shitter post where Obongo or Sleepy Joe called Trump mean names.Seriously? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7930211/Obama-called-Donald-Trump-fascist-2016-election.htmlhttps://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/05/30/barack-obama-called-donald-trump-a-cartoon-after-2016-election/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obamas-long-history-insulting-donald-trump/story?id=43442367https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/barack-obama-donald-trump-unfithttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/president-obama-donald-trump.htmlhttps://www.thestreet.com/politics/here-s-3-of-president-obama-s-best-trump-insults-13888536https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/11/politics/biden-trump-unhinged-seattle/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirchttps://nypost.com/2024/06/05/opinion/joe-biden-called-trump-a-convicted-felon-in-latest-speech-letters/https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/07/14/joe-biden-called-trump-a-genuine-threat-to-this-nation-before-assassination-attempt/https://www.westernjournal.com/michelle-obama-insults-millions-trump-supporters-calling-unity/https://www.aol.com/news/loser-biden-steps-personal-insults-024609701.html?guccounter=1https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/30/biden-insults-trump-campaignhttps://electionwire.com/biden-insults-trump/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uftIR_L_iyo>We've been calling the right everything from fascists to racists, encouraged our voters to violently attack them, and laughed when they died. How dare they call us animals!!!Suck my dick, hypocrite. You animals started this game of dehumanizing political opponents as far back as 2015.
>>1487306>You animals started this gameYour abcnews link quite plainly states:>The tension largely stems from Trump's dogged pursuit of the so-called birther theory. He regularly and publicly questioned where Obama was born and whether he was a legitimate U.S. citizen.Sucking dick seems like a good job for you actually, it doesn't need you to read well.
>>1487304>And then they locked down the twin cities because a commie jew got yeeted for continuously fucking with the feds.What are you even trying to say here? >>1487306>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7930211/Obama-called-Donald-Trump-fascist-2016-election.htmlI'm not even going to look at the others. Trump isn't called a fascist as just an insult you fucking retard, he's called a fascists because he does and says fascist things.
>>1487307>>1487308>I'm not even going to look at the others.Of course not. Why look at over a dozen examples of Obama/Biden insulting Trump, after you falsely claimed they didn't insult him ever, when you can just cherry-pick the biased articles and say>w-well yeah but he is a fascist so it's okay!Keep crying, hypocrites. You've more than crossed the line by calling us nazis for over a decade, and for me the point of no return was watching you subhumans dance on TikTok over Charlie Kirk's death. None of you have any right to cry about name-calling now.
>>1487310I'll admit that Obama did insult Trump, but there's a large difference between the insult of calling someone "unfit" and labeling someone a monkey.>Charlie Kirk's deathYou care more about this than Kirk's widow. There's a good chance she danced a bit between then and now.
>>1487310>cherry-pickI picked the first article you linked you fucking retard. We kept calling you nazis for over a decade because you kept fucking acting like nazis. You still are. Calling people animals and subhumans? That's nothing new.
>>1487311>but there's a large difference between the insult of calling someone "unfit"Or calling him a fascist, cartoon, stupid, etc. Nice try moving the goalposts from "He didn't call him any names" to "his name calling wasn't as bad.">You care more about this than Kirk's widow.I tend to care when half the country is laughing at one of ours being murdered, and then whines about how unfair it is that Trump posted a shitty meme on social media. Fuck off with your massive hypocrisy.>>1487312>We kept calling you nazis for over a decade because you kept fucking acting like nazis. You still are.My point exactly. You can call us nazis for over a decade... but how dare Trump call Obama a monkey!!!!!!! I'm outraged! He ought to apologize!Fuck off.>Calling people animals and subhumans? That's nothing new.And calling people fascists, racists and nazis is?
>>1487313>one of oursWhy do you say that? You knew him personally? Went out drinking with him a few times?Nah it sounds like he didn't know who the fuck you are, and neither do the people running TPUSA right now. They just see you as potential shekels.
>>1487313Can you not read, motherfucker?
>>1487190Came here to post this unironically
>>1487311I find it much more interesting how they're still trying to virtue signal about kirk getting team killed when they're still smearing Renee and Adam and mocking them being murdered by ICE goons.Couldn't be more hypocritical than that.
>>1487317>kirk getting team killedHere we go again pretending Kirk wasn't killed by a leftist. >when they're still smearing Renee and Adam and mocking them being murdered by ICE goons.Can you show me these thousands of Republicans hitting the griddy on TikTok over those two?
>>1487318Can you show us you getting a real job, esl shill
>>1487318>Groypers are now left wingHow fringe right wing are you for that to work out?
>the leader of the most powerful country in the world behaves like a childHonestly this is the part that's the most baffling to. How amateurish and unprofessional the downfall of the American Empire takes place
>>1487188I don’t really get why anyone thinks Trump’s base would care
>>1487242Trump won the popular vote shill
Do US People even know how much of a bad reputation Trump causes worldwide for the USA? Or do everyone there still think he's making "America great again?" I'm just curious. This country will not recover from Trump the next decades for sure. GG
>>1487333Well technically, but more people voted against Trump than for him. Those votes were just split among other candidates. He also lost the last election before that by over 7 million votes. So his win was legit in 2024, but not nearly as big as he pretends.
>>1487332We don't. It's just Trump trolling on social media again, and these retards take the bait. Remember how much they sperged out a few days ago when Trump said that one of the reporters questioning him didn't smile enough? OH MY GOD HOW DARE HE TELL A WOMAN SHE DOESN'T SMILE MUH PATRIARCHY REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
>>1487337>pay attention to this instead of all the confirmation Trump fucked kidshow does geriatric pedophile cock taste? you seem to enjoy it
>>1487338>explain what Trump is doing>durr u love trump cocklolumad
>>1487334>bad reputation Trump causes worldwide for the USA?Oh no, the US losing its previous reputation if being a doormat that gave free money to worldwide backstabbers? Meanwhile we still give you free money and you're upset because of some protectionist tariffs when I literally every other country has protectionist tariffs.
>>1487339>no denialits just surprising you love geriatric dick in addition to ladydickis it just a penis fetish?
>>1487341Hope Trump enjoy trying to make trade deals lol.
>>1487282>nice double standards one is a racist joke the other is a call for murder1. It's double standard, ESL.2. You are literally saying they should be treated differently. That is a double standard, you fucking dumbass.3. Your mother's cock. You should choke on it.
>>1487317Redditors do the exact same thing in reverse. Seems to be more of a terminally online behavior than leftoid/rightoid behavior.>kirk getting team killedStill no evidence.Go to >>>/x/, do not collect meds, do not post again.
>>1487350you're a retard, i'm saying if its fine for you then its fine for trump. that's not double standard you illiterate grade school dropout.your mom's too busy straddling some indian cock.Oh boy the ESL excuse you fucking uneducated midwit
>>1487293Really? I thought both sides used masked police to enforce COVID lockdowns
>>1487358>you're a retard, i'm saying if its fine for you then its fine for trumpSo it's fine for me? Last I checked I should die painfully.
>>1487358>that's not double standard you illiterate grade school dropout.Ironic
>>1487188I guess you could say dems are going bananas about this sort of monkey business.
>>1487188LMAOOO
>>1487368and yet ur still breathing so clearly you think what you did is fine otherwise you'd of kysed already>>1487370coming from the guy who thinks "joking" about beheading someone. maybe that should happen to you
>>1487308Maybe Trump is calling Obama a monkey because he does and says ape like things?
>>1487374You are just remarkably bad at arguing for your own position.
>>1487308>What are you even trying to say here?Dems do this really cool thing where they lie and/or over-exaggerate small things to give them a pretense to commit terrorism.This is literally why they call MAGA fascists. They're designating them as targets for political violence, not because they actually subscribe to the ideology of Giovanni Gentile or Hitler. If you decide to commit a terrorism because Trump called Obama a monkey or whatever, you are at fault, not Trump.
>>1487341Double standards.I wish you all a democratic president that acts the same as Trump does - but towards all Republican Fascists. And you DARE to say any word against him then! :P
>>1487386calling out MAGAs fascism will cease when they stop their campaign of white genocidesimple as
>>1487386>Dems do this really cool thing where they lie and/or over-exaggerate small things to give them a pretense to commit terrorism.MAGA's entire political strategy is to accuse their opposition of everything they themselves are doing, like so. >This is literally why they call MAGA fascists.No, we call you fascists because you do fascists things and say fascist things.
>>1487395>No, we call you fascists because you do fascists things and say fascist things.Define fascism for me.Hard mode: do it in a way that doesn't fit the description of literally every single first world country.
>>1487398>a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition
>>1487399So literally every democratic nation ever.Great. Thanks for playing.
>>1487402No.
>>1487406Yeah, it absolutely does.Let's pick a democratic state at random and run them through your own definition. Ready?Grok gave me Portugal.>a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individualIt's a nation that holds democracies and has a sense of patriotic national identity. >that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leaderHigh-level officials have been embroiled in numerous corruption scandals that have threatened democratic institutions, thereby allowing them to hold an effective monopoly on political power (which they definitely have due to Portugal being a representative democracy)> and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of oppositionPortugal has a developed mixed economy, blending private enterprise with government intervention. Far-right political movements are oppressed in favor of the status quo.
>>1487384sorry i should've known better then to talk to a primate.not my fault ur an uneducated cracker. no wonder you think its fine to behead people as a "joke"
>>1487409>Grok Okay.
>>1487419>It's amazing how much leftist discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.
>>1487250x10
>>1487420Projection.
>>1487357The fact you don't bring his corpse up unprompted in every thread is good proof.
>>1487425Why do you pretend to not understand why letting transgender women into women's changing room threatens the safety of women?https://youtube.com/shorts/hB7574zN0Tw
>>1487431Whataboutism.
>>1487431Transwomen are literally more likely to be victims in this scenario then perpetrators.
>>1487432So you use two one word rebuttals.Projection and Whataboutism.Can you please define your terms?>It's amazing how much leftist discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.How is this Projection>Why do you pretend to not understand why letting transgender women into women's changing room threatens the safety of women?How is this Whataboutism?
>>1487440No. You’re just pretending not to understand things.
>>1487431>Daily CallerGot anything that's not fascist propaganda?
>>1487188As a red head that is constantly confused for an orangutan... I'm insulted.
>>1487334Trump's been gaslighting his fans for YEARS about how under him the US is finally respected by the world. Meanwhile, he remains the only US president to be openly laughed at by the UN General Assembly.
>>1487334We do. It’s not great.>>1487341>its previous reputation if being a doormat that gave free money to worldwide backstabbersThat was never a thing.
>>1487250This poster is from India.
>>1487258Blacks have historically been depicted as apes. It has more context of being a fuck move than normal.
>>1487268I don’t care about your life because you don’t care about mine. You just wine like a little baby about it. The minute you arnt in power it will be begging to forgive and move on and for mercy. May extra judicial justice come for you and your family.
>>1487470Obama isn't black
>>1487188>Burh, why'd you vote for dRumpf?This shit right here.Trump 2028!!!!!
>>1487460Also his war mongering and sucking putin's dick has tanked US approval in most first world countries.
>>1487471funny cause you've actively wanted to assault and murder me for the past decade because i held a different opinion.funny how when the shoe's on the other foot you're going no how dare you.I genuinely hope you suffer.
>>1487258>>1487259>>1487283That's not the original video holy shit I hate this board all of you share your shit opinions without knowing anything. The video posted above is some AI slop that was probably created by someone on /pol/.The actual video Trump posted was a minute long video about ballot fraud or something like that, and then for a second near the end they had the Obama monkeys. Whoever made the video is clearly racist but most likely Trump (or a staffer) just didn't see the end of the video.
>>1487520>Trump post shit on his social media account on his social media website and doesn't know what the fuck is in itSo you're saying he's senile/incompetent and any bullshit can get past him because he won't do the bare minimum of checking or reading or even watching what he's approving.Why was autopen so bad again?
>>1487521so are you saying that all of biden's autopen signatures are now void and null seeing as he's even more senile then trump?excellent time to prosecute the vaccine committee.
>>1487522>he's even more senile then trumpBBBRAAAAAPTTTTTTUH OH STINKYPOOPY>reporters p-please leavehttps://youtu.be/u_6kGluvINg?si=ic9DBWirTCSzQdez&t=32
>>1487521>So you're saying I was wrong and I didn't bother watching the video?yes>And Trump's staffer skipped the last few seconds?yes because most people do that
>>1487532If I was going to post publicly with my real name and real position, then I watch a video fully, multiple times, before I post it. This is 100x more true if I was the head of an organization or working as a media relations personnel of the organization. This isn't doomscrolling on tiktok in the comfort of your sofa at 10pm, I do not publish shit until I know what's in it inside and out, and this true of everything I submit for public view.But hey what do I know? I never had to retract anything I submitted in the same day cause I offended boatloads of people including my own political party. I guess common sense is wrong according to you.
