Trump shares video depicting Obamas as 'monkeys',repeating election fraud claims

U.S. President Donald Trump shared a video on social media depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, invoking racist imagery long used to dehumanize people of African descent.



Late on Thursday, Trump shared a minute-long video amplifying the Republican U.S. president's false claims that his 2020 election defeat was the result of fraud. Spliced into the video was an apparently AI-generated clip of dancing primates superimposed with the Obamas' heads.



The post drew swift criticism from prominent political figures, including Republican Senator Tim Scott, a Trump ally who is Black.



"Praying it was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House," Scott said on X. "The President should remove it."