"This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King," Karoline Leavitt, the White House press s

The White House first defended the post, then deleted it early on Friday, 12 hours after it appeared. Asked about calls from Republicans and others for him to apologize, Trump said, "I didn't make a mistake.

The White House criticized "fake outrage" over Trump's post of former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama appearing as apes.

President Donald Trump shared a racist video on his social media platform Thursday night that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, then removed it hours later amid bi-partisan outrage,

President Donald Trump shared on his social media platform overnight a video that includes a racist animation of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted with the bodies of apes,

President Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social that depicts former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of the highest-ranking Black Republicans in Washington, called the video “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”

President Donald Trump posted a racist video to his Truth Social account late Thursday with an AI-generated video of the Obamas as apes. The 62-second video, shared at 11:44 p.m. ET by the U.S. president,