President Donald Trump's racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticised the video as offensive. After calls for its removal - including by Republicans - the White House said a staffer had posted the video erroneously. Trump and White House social media accounts frequently repost memes and artificial intelligence-generated videos. At a Black History Month market in Harlem, the historically Black neighbourhood in New York City, vendor Jacklyn Monk said Trump's post was embarrassing even if it was eventually deleted. During his first White House term, Trump called a swath of majority-Black, developing nations "shithole countries."

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2026 05:09 UTC