"President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account to share a video that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. The Republican president's Thursday night post immediately drew backlash for its treatment of the nation's first Black president and first lady. It was part of a flurry of social media activity that amplified Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him,"
"Nearly all of the 62-second clip, which was among dozens of Truth Social posts from Trump overnight, appears to be from a conservative video alleging deliberate tampering with voting machines in battleground states as the 2020 presidential votes were tallied. At the 60-second mark is a quick scene of two primates, with the Obamas' smiling faces imposed on them. Those frames were taken from a longer video, previously circulated by an influential conservative meme maker."
"It shows Trump as King of the Jungle and depicts a range of Democratic leaders as animals, including Joe Biden, who is white, as a primate eating a banana. This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King, Leavitt said by text, referring to Disney's 1994 feature film."
President Donald Trump shared a Truth Social video that included images portraying Barack and Michelle Obama as primates, prompting immediate criticism for racist imagery. The post was among many that repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, despite court rulings and a Trump-era attorney general finding no evidence of fraud affecting the outcome. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the clip as an internet meme referencing Disney's Lion King and urged critics to stop "fake outrage." The video largely consisted of conservative content alleging voting-machine tampering; key frames were taken from a longer meme video.
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