{"id":33731,"date":"2026-02-07T03:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=33731"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:53:06","slug":"trump-slammed-for-posting-racist-video-depicting-barack-and-michelle-obama-as-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=33731","title":{"rendered":"Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"464\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"41\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/span><\/strong> didn\u2019t just \u201cpost a meme,\u201d critics say\u2014he ignited a firestorm. In a Truth Social video shared amid dozens of posts, the former president is accused of crossing into openly racist territory by depicting <strong data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"285\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Barack Obama<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"331\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Michelle Obama<\/span><\/span><\/strong> as monkeys. The backlash was immediate, thrusting Republicans into a familiar dilemma and intensifying scrutiny of Trump\u2019s rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"878\">The clip, embedded within a wider stream of election-related claims, struck a nerve for many Americans. Critics argued it wasn\u2019t \u201cjust a meme,\u201d but a deliberate echo of one of the most harmful racist tropes in U.S. history. Condemnation followed from across the political spectrum, with opponents calling the post \u201cvile,\u201d \u201covertly racist,\u201d and emblematic of a troubling pattern from a figure still seeking power.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1230\">Responses, however, revealed deep polarization. Some former supporters publicly recoiled, while others rushed to defend Trump, dismissing the outrage as overblown or framing it as edgy political theater. The White House characterized the incident as internet culture taken out of context\u2014an explanation many Americans rejected as minimizing the harm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1498\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Amid the uproar, the Obamas have remained silent. 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