Trump posts racist midnight video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys
Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys.
The video was shared to Trump's Truth Social account at around midnight on February 6, with the current president sharing a host of posts, including this video. Said video runs for one minute and two seconds, with the final seconds of the video depicting Barack and Michelle as animals.
The video has been roundly criticized, with Gavin Newsom's Press Office slamming the post as a disgusting video. A statement from the Press Office reads, "Disgusting behavior by the President. Every single Republican must denounce this. Now."
Trump had previously targeted Obama with an artificially generated video of the former president being arrested in the Oval Office. The deepfake video appeared in July last year on the president's Truth Social account.
Further posts from the president made around the same time he shared the racist video included one aimed at "crybaby Democrats". The clip took footage from a Trump speech where he told those who were not happy in the country that they could leave.
Another clip took aim at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, with a recent snowstorm and trash day criticized. Footage of a piled up collection of rubbish has been shared by the president.
Trump has continued posting this morning, with one post comparing the president and Melania Trump to Ronald and Nancy Reagan. It reads, "It's beautiful that the couple in the White House is actually in love. When was the last time that happened? Ronnie and Nancy, perhaps."
Attached to the repost is a fan edit of Trump and Melania's interviews together. Trump's posting spree has included criticism of CNN and a clip of the president's interview with NBC.
In the interview clip shared, Trump talked up a "discombobulator" which he said he could share no further details on other than it worked and the administration "lost no men" when using it in military missions.