"Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account at 11:44 PM on Thursday night that contains an image depicting President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes: The post drew widespread outrage including from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who called it the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House. Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post in a statement:"
"REPORTER: The social media post that you took down earlier today the White House says that a staffer sent it who sent it and are you going to fire them? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I looked at it, I saw it, and I just looked at the first part. It was about voter fraud in some place, Georgia. There was a lot of voter fraud, 2020 voter fraud. And I didn't see the whole thing. I guess during the end of it, there was some kind of a picture that people don't like. I wouldn't like it either, but I didn't see it. I looked in the first bar, and it was really about voter"
President Trump posted a Truth Social video at 11:44 PM showing Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes. The post drew widespread outrage, including from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who called it the most racist thing he had seen from the White House. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post as an internet meme portraying Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as Lion King characters. After roughly twelve hours the post was deleted, with an unnamed official blaming a White House staffer for the erroneous posting. Trump later offered a convoluted, conflicting explanation aboard Air Force One.
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