NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsWhite House blames staffer for Trump’s Obama ‘apes’ post and removes video Republican labeled ‘racist’

President Donald Trump shared a video portraying the Obamas as apes, triggering swift condemnation and claims of blatant racism — including from several Republican lawmakers. The video, shared on Truth Social last night, showed Barack and Michelle Obama’s faces superimposed onto apes in a jungle, swaying side to side and smiling as the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played in the background. The clip was overlaid by a watermark from X user @XERIAS_X, a Trump-supporting meme account with 46,000 followers. On Friday morning, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the clip as harmless. In a statement to The Independent, she said, “This is from an internet... Continues…

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