Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

February 06, 2026

President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted.

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