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Ah, yes, the weekend kicked off with the press and social media (the two growing more indistinguishable by the day) labored up into a lather over the fact that the president’s Truth Social account posted a “racist” video, portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first woman as animated apes. This serves as all the injection needed of political adrenaline for the braying resistance members to flip into howler monkeys, to keep with the primate theme.

As is always the case, there may be more to the story, but that will probably be deliberately missed by those brokers of agitprop and their dutiful minions of headline-readers. So it’s left to those of us with the skill to patiently gasp breaths and ponder issues before having drive belts flying off of the pulleys. 

So first, now we have to ship the sobering info. Firstly, the video inflicting the hysterics was not what had been posted. What was posted to the Truth account was instead a minute-long clip about voter fraud. The controversial components arrived from an autoplay perform by the platform supplying the unique, and the upsetting visuals have been in place as a outcome of that video being improperly edited at the end. Further, the clip seen was not an Obama-focused racist trope, but a satirical AI cartoon depicting an array of Democrat figures as numerous African animals in a Lion King parody. 

Here is the full video Trumps Truth Social account posted that has a 1 second clip of the Obamas with lion King Music.
The clip is about election fraud and this temporary snippet comes in at the very end of the clip.

Not sure if this was intentional or whomever posted it didn’t… pic.twitter.com/5tIFzJXi9X

— Benjamin (@RunningbearTx) February 6, 2026

Were the Obamas deliberately depicted in this fashion? That argument may very well be made, we suppose, but the lack of confirmed intent exists as nicely. It was not the creation of the president, nor the White House. What is acknowledged in play is that this was an unforced error by Trump’s communication group, as any excuse at all by the media figures to pounce on objectionable content regarding the president will see them attacking like a lion on a Cape buffalo with a shattered femur on the African savannah.

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To his credit, President Trump didn’t flip milquetoast to the press reactions. This is a trait that has served him nicely and has saved the journalists steadily off steadiness. This battalion of D.C. bellyachers has been conditioned to see a political determine cower and flip apologetic in instances like this, where being decreased to sniveling was the anticipated response. Trump doesn’t succumb to their requirements. We noticed this perplexed response from Kaitlan Collins last yr. After a related charge of racism was tried concerning the inserting of a sombrero on Hakeem Jeffries, the GWN determine was really dismayed that the president didn’t care about the accusations hurled by the media. 

NBC News coated the president’s response to this tempest in a shot glass. During a flight the following night, the president confronted these media jackals, and he stood steadfast. And, as anticipated, his refusal to bend the knee to racist accusations is itself now getting used as an further cudgel.

Trump says he will not apologize for racist post depicting the Obamas as apes (via ⁦@NBCNews⁩) https://t.co/6rXsAQ6xZb

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) February 7, 2026

Speaking to reporters Friday night time, Trump said “of course” he condemns the racist elements of the video, while noting he has no plans to apologize. 

“No, I didn’t make a mistake,” he said on Air Force One, including that he didn’t see the full video. “I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine.”

This is the correct approach to handle a news merchandise of this nature. The press has displayed over the years the double-standard in place in instances such as this. If a Democrat have been to be cornered by such an occasion, they apologize and are rewarded for “doing the decent thing.” Republicans are supplied no such grace. An apology doesn’t change the strategy, as the occasion will probably be trotted out following the rendering of garments, and steadily that apology is then indicated as an admission of guilt by the celebration concerned. 

Trump handled this correctly, indicating a degree of disapproval and seeing that the clip was eliminated. Nothing more wants to be carried out, a lot to the dissatisfaction of the press. Some Republicans have been no help, as they noticed a need to earn some digital camera lens time.

Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10) commented on the visuals by saying he discovered them “offensive, heartbreaking.” Mike, you’re a consultant for the sake of all that is sane. Heartbreaking?! If this has you decreased to the degree of a wine-mom sobbing on TikTook, you’re in the unsuitable chamber. Go hook up with a San Francisco social inequity think-tank.

NBC famous that Tim Scott was one who got here out with condemnation. (“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.“) Then, in oblivious fashion, NBC had to turn racially focused itself, noting how Senator Scott is “the only Black Republican in the upper chamber.” This contrasts, we need to take up, with the more open-minded Democratic senators – totalling all of 4. 

NBC also discovered maybe the most strident criticism of the White House response, coming from the most neutered of sources. We get told there may be “frustration” at the response from Karoline Leavitt on Friday, stating the spokeswoman “dropped the ball” with her feedback. “They say she had either released a statement without fully grasping the situation or initially didn’t find it problematic.”

This is a daring condemnation, “according to the White House ally with direct knowledge of the matter.” 

And there may be every motive to brush this off like a mewling toddler pointing a finger. The need to inflate this episode past its scope is determined politicking. Giving it any more credence would only invigorate the hysterics. Trump is true to let this die off in the weekend cycle. 

Editor’s Note: This article was up to date post-publication for readability.