{"id":13113,"date":"2026-02-07T11:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=13113"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:56:42","slug":"trump-slammed-for-posting-racist-video-depicting-barack-and-michelle-obama-as-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=13113","title":{"rendered":"Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13114\" src=\"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-07_18-49-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"868\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-07_18-49-13.jpg 868w, https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-07_18-49-13-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-07_18-49-13-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-07_18-49-13-768x964.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The video, tucked inside a barrage of more than 60 Truth Social posts, did more than recycle election conspiracies; it exposed a raw nerve in American life. For many, the image of the Obamas as monkeys wasn\u2019t \u201cjust a meme\u201d but a deliberate invocation of one of the ugliest, oldest racist tropes in U.S. history. Critics say it confirmed what they\u2019ve long warned about Trump\u2019s character, calling the post \u201cvile,\u201d \u201covert racism,\u201d and a new moral low for a man still seeking power.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the response also revealed a deep divide. While some former supporters publicly recoiled in disgust, others rushed to defend him, dismissing the fury as \u201cfake outrage\u201d and insisting this is simply hard-edged political theater. The White House framed it as harmless internet culture; millions of Americans saw something far darker. And in the middle of the storm, the Obamas\u2019 silence now speaks louder than the video ever could.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys &nbsp; The video, tucked inside a barrage of more than 60 Truth Social posts, did more than &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys - News USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=13113\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys - News USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trump slammed for posting \u2018racist\u2019 video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys &nbsp; 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