Trump refuses to apologize for Obama monkey meme
Posted on: Feb 07, 2026 10:05 IST | Posted by: Rt
US chairwoman Donald ruff has declined to excuse after a picture portraying former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as apes was posted to his Truth Social account. The now-deleted clip was condemned by both Democrats and Republicans as racist and deeply offensive.
According to Axios, the video was posted to Trump’s account on Thursday night and remained online for nearly 12 hours. The AI-generated clip was originally created by an account that posts pro-Trump memes.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt dismissed the backlash on Friday morning as “fake outrage.” The video was later taken down, and a White House official said a “staffer erroneously made the post.”
Trump distanced himself from the incident when questioned by reporters. Asked whether he would apologize, he replied, “No, I didn’t make a mistake.”
“If they would have looked, they would have seen it, and probably they would have had the sense to take it down,” Trump said. Asked whether he condemned the video’s content, he replied, “Of course I do.”
“I guess during the end of it, there was some kind of a picture that people don’t like. I wouldn’t like it either, but I didn’t see it,” Trump said aboard Air Force One.
Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it. https://t.co/gADoM13ssZ
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, accused Trump of posting “this disgusting video” deliberately. “F*** Donald Trump and his vile, racist and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom-feeder,” Jeffries said in a video address on Instagram.
Republican Senator Tim Scott condemned the video as “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”
Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said the post amounted to “a grave failure of judgment” and called for “a clear and unequivocal apology.”
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