Trump admits he himself chose to post racist Obama video

As we reported on 6 February, Donald Trump posted an explicitly racist video to his Truth Social account:

BREAKING: Trump just posted an incredibly racist photo of the Obama’s faces photoshopped on to the body of apes.

Every day is a new rock bottom for this ugly pig. pic.twitter.com/GlMM7Cfjoe

— Dean Withers (@itsdeaann) February 6, 2026

There have been several developments since then, with the end point being that Trump admitted to being the one responsible.

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After the US President posted his hate crime, several of his supporters claimed ‘he didn’t post that, actually‘.

This is how that went (see the community note at the bottom):

FAKE NEWS ALERT! Trump Didn’t post this monkey video of the obamas

Lying Democrats

It’s not on his page

Fake screenshot pic.twitter.com/91zsEo4L7t

— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) February 6, 2026

Trump’s more cautinary boot lickers suggested it was all a big mistake:

I sincerely hope President @realDonaldTrump didn’t realise this 60-second clip he reposted last night didn’t end with the vile racist imagery of the Obamas as apes. He should delete it immediately. pic.twitter.com/jHZln3u98Q

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 6, 2026

Karoline Leavitt (White House press secretary) would later claim the following:

This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle & Democrats as characters from The Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage

Bullshit aside, why is the White House producing so many memes? Shouldn’t they be busy undoing the havoc that Trump has wrought on the economy?

Later in the day, the American President’s team actually deleted the video — suggesting the “outrage” was warranted, actually:

Donald Trump has finally deleted that racist post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys from his Truth Social media account. But not before the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called it a meme. pic.twitter.com/aouLXMavGW

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) February 6, 2026

They’d also claim that actually a staffer posted the video:

First the WH @PressSec defended Trump’s racist tweet and mocked “fake outrage” coming from critics. Now they’re saying a staffer posted it around midnight and that the tweet has been deleted. Tell us another one! pic.twitter.com/tjU3r8fws7

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 6, 2026

Ultimately, Donald made a mockery of all his defenders by simply admitting he was the one responsible:

Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?

Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.

Reporter: Are you going to apologize?

Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. pic.twitter.com/VH1qmEOmb2

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 7, 2026