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

By BILL BARROW and JOSH BOAK
Updated 10:59 PM CST, February 6, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 Friday after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as offensive.

Trump said later Friday that he won’t apologize for the post: “I didn’t make a mistake,” he said.

The Republican president’s Thursday night post was blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady. A rare admission of a misstep by the White House, the deletion came hours after press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed “fake outrage” over the post. After calls for its removal — including by Republicans — the White House said a staffer had posted the video erroneously.

The post was part of a flurry of overnight activity on Trump’s Truth Social account that amplified his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, despite courts around the country and Trump’s first-term attorney general finding no evidence of systemic fraud.

Trump has a record of intensely personal criticism of the Obamas and of using incendiary, sometimes racist, rhetoric — from feeding the lie that Obama was not a native-born U.S. citizen to crude generalizations about majority-Black countries.

The post came in the first week of Black History Month and days after a Trump proclamation cited “the contributions of black Americans to our national greatness” and “the American principles of liberty, justice, and equality.”

An Obama spokeswoman said the former president, a Democrat, had no response. ...

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Trump says he didn't see full racist video before it was posted, says he won't apologize

President Trump shared a video that included a racist animation of Barack and Michelle Obama, prompting backlash and the White House to later take it down.
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Appeals court endorses Trump policy of holding many ICE detainees without bond hearings

A federal appeals court on Friday endorsed the Trump administration's policy of holding broad groups of immigration detainees without access to bond hearings, a major legal victory for President Trump.
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Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted versions of released Epstein files

The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Donald Trump's 'softer touch' hits a snag with Obama ape video meme

President Trump sent well wishes to Savannah Guthrie and promised a "softer" immigration approach. Then came the video depicting the Obamas as apes.
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Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds

Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since he returned to office.
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Wes Moore warns Noem 'federal occupation' of new ICE compound now under state investigation

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore calls DHS warehouse purchase "federal occupation," threatens legal action over reported immigration detention facility plans.
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Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in way...
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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show

Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
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Health costs are fueling voter stress — and Democratic campaigns

Democrats are focusing on health care in the midterm elections, highlighting it as a key issue. Republicans have cut Medicaid through new work requirements and declined to extend COVID-era subsidies, leading to increased costs for Affordable Care Act plans.
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Harris accuses White House of cover-up in blaming Obamas video on staffer

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a cover-up for blaming a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and for...
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Trump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer, sources say

Sources told ABC that Schumer rejected Trump's offer.
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Trump's aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington

Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
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Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes

The US president said he "didn't make a mistake", adding he had only seen the beginning of the video before it was posted.
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Trump deletes 'racist' post after wave of Republican backlash, White House says he didn't know

Congressional Republicans dropped their normal routine of cheering each of President Donald Trump's moves on Friday, and demanded he apologize for a post depicting the Obamas as apes.
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Zambian leader backs traditional Ghanaian outfit after online trolling

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Trump threatens tariffs for countries trading with Iran

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