WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as offensive. The Republican president’s Thursday night post was blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady.

The US president posted a racist video on Truth Social that included disproven allegations about ballot-counting

In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apes

The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.

Trump shares a racist video depicting the Obamas as primates, prompting criticism and White House defense amidst election conspiracy claims.

White House Press Secretary dismised the ‘fake outrage’ over the ‘racist’ post

As a black Republican senator calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House", the administration says "stop the fake outrage".

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the sole Black Republican in the Senate, called Trump's post about the Obamas "the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House."

Members of Trump's political party called for the removal of the reposted clip, which has since been taken down.

The White House initially rejected 'fake outrage' over the video shared on Donald Trump's Truth Social account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. Nearly 12 hours…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday…

Democrats outraged and Republicans mostly silent after president shared racist video of former president and first lady

Kamala Harris criticizes Trump's deletion of a racist post about the Obamas, calling it a White House "cover up."

Donald Trump refused to apologise for sharing a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. Some described it as “disgusting” and “racist” and condemned the president for…

After initially denouncing what it described as 'fake outrage' from the media, the presidential administration eventually blamed the post on President Donald Trump's Truth Social…

Donald Trump has broken his silence over a racist video shared to Truth Social, depicting Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.The video showed the Obamas' faces edited onto apes in…

After first dismissing uproar over depiction of Obamas as apes, White House then said it was erroneously posted by staffer

“It’s very clear that there was an intent to harm people, to hurt people, with this video,” said Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.