WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama criticized a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys. The video shared on Trump’s Truth Social account on February 5 sparked censure across the US 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.

Former President Barack Obama said a video President Donald Trump posted depicting Obama and his wife as apes was part of a shameless \

The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials.