"Mr Trump'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. "I didn't make a mistake," Mr Trump said later on Friday. A rare admission of a misstep by the White House, the deletion came hours after press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed "fake outrage" over the post."
"Nearly all of the 62-second clip appears to be from a conservative video alleging deliberate tampering with voting machines in battleground states as 2020 votes were tallied. At the 60-second mark is a quick scene of two jungle primates, with the Obamas' smiling faces imposed on them. Those frames originated from a separate video, previously circulated by an influential conservative meme maker."
"The post was part of a flurry of overnight activity on Mr Trump's Truth Social account that amplified his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, despite courts around the country and Mr Trump's first-term attorney general finding no evidence of systemic fraud."
A White House staffer posted a 62-second video clip on Mr Trump's account that briefly overlaid the Obamas' faces onto jungle primates, prompting widespread bipartisan condemnation and calls for removal. The post circulated amid a flurry of overnight activity on Truth Social that repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, despite court rulings and the former attorney general finding no systemic fraud. The White House deleted the post and attributed it to a staffer error after criticism from civil rights leaders and Republican senators. Mr Trump later defended the action, saying "I didn't make a mistake."
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