Former U.S. President Barack Obama criticised a lack of shame and decorum in the country's political discourse, responding on Saturday (February 14, 2026) for the first time to a post on Donald Trump's social media account on a racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama.
‘Won't apologise’, Trump says after his racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash
In a wide-ranging podcast interview with left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen released on Saturday (February 14, 2026), Mr. Obama also compared the actions of agents enforcing the President's immigration crackdown in Minnesota to dictatorships.
White House deletes Trump’s racist post against Obamas, calls it staff error
The video, shared on Mr. Trump's Truth Social account on February 5, sparked censure across the U.S. political spectrum, with the White House initially rejecting "fake outrage" only to then blame the post on an error by a staff member and taking it down.
