Michelle Obama

President Trump's post of a racist video of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama underscores how imagery long recognized as among the most explicit racist tropes in U.S. history have become normalized in the Trump era.Why it matters: For decades, such imagery routinely ended careers...Read More

United States President Donald Trump has deleted a post from his Truth Social account following widespread backlash over a video that briefly showed former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama with their faces edited onto the bodies of monkeys. The one-minute clip, shared late Thursday, repeated debunked…

Image Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Im Donald Trump ‘s social media activity has always been headline-worthy, whether he retweets a controversial post or pens a lengthy Truth Social paragraph. But the 79-year-old’s since-deleted Truth Social video of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sparked outrage,…

An overtly racist video clip of the Obamas posted on President Trump's Truth Social was taken down on Friday. Why it matters: The clip, which portrayed former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, used a centuries-old trope against the first Black president and first lady in…

Last Updated: February 06, 2026, 23:52 IST The video had received several thousand likes on Trump’s platform, drawing sharp criticism from Democrats and public figures. Near the end, the Obamas’ faces appear on the bodies of monkeys for about one second. The White House on Friday said that a post…

A video shared on United States President Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes was deleted on Friday, following criticism that Trump’s post evoked racist imagery long used to dehumanise people of African descent. “A White House staffer erroneously…

Home / World AFP 6 Feb, 2026 05:53 PM 4 mins to read Donald Trump and Barack Obama at Trump's swearing-in ceremony. Photo / Getty Images Donald Trump and Barack Obama at Trump's swearing-in ceremony. Photo / Getty Images US President Donald Trump triggered outrage after he posted a video…

Donald Trump has deleted a post from his Truth Social account that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. An unnamed source told Politico that “President Trump didn’t see the video (legitimately didn’t), a staffer posted it.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to downplay the video Friday morning,…

The White House has responded to criticism after Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social that included imagery depicting former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The 62-second video, which focuses on allegations about voting machines during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, shows the…

It’s a tale of two first ladies—and two proposed media mergers. As Melania Trump’s eponymous documentary, Melania , was released in theaters January 30, Threads users on the other side of the political spectrum organized a campaign to rewatch Michelle Obama’s documentary Becoming—originally released in May 2020—on Netflix. According to…