"Clearly he didn't get his own memo because, two days later, during one of his frenetic late-night Truth Social ranting sessions, the president posted a racist video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The minute-long video, made by a third party, amplified false claims that Trump won the 2020 election and showed the first Black president and first lady superimposed on the bodies of primates in a jungle setting, bobbing their heads to the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
"He has called Somali immigrants garbage, talked about shithole countries, and described Covid-19 as the kung flu. He launched his 2016 presidential campaign by calling Mexican immigrants drug dealers, criminals and rapists. He repeatedly questioned Obama's birth certificate. He initiated a so-called Muslim ban and used the word Palestinian as a slur. And Palestinians mean so little to him that a plan to build megacities in the ruins of Gaza circulated in the White House."
President Trump issued a proclamation declaring February 2026 a celebration of Black history and urged public officials, educators, and librarians to observe the month with programs, ceremonies, and activities. Two days later, he posted a third-party minute-long video on Truth Social that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, amplified false claims that Trump won the 2020 election, and showed the Obamas superimposed on primate bodies bobbing their heads to the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The video followed a record of racist remarks and policies, including slurs against Somalis, comments about “shithole” countries, the term “kung flu,” attacks on Mexican immigrants, the Muslim ban, and birth certificate conspiracies. The image provoked disgust among some Republican allies.
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