Michelle Obama

The moments in which it feels like President Donald Trump has crossed a line seem to happen more frequently these days. In just the last few weeks we’ve had the cruel mockery of the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, the spasm of brinksmanship over Greenland, the smearing of…

Republicans suddenly seemed shocked that President Trump is capable of racism after he posted a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes Thursday night.  On Friday morning, longest-serving Black Senator Tim Scott called the video “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House”—spurring other GOP senators…

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,…