Racist Video Scandal Rocks Trump White House, Draws Bipartisan Outrage and Obama Response

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Former President Barack Obama stayed largely out of the spotlight this week until a explosive scandal thrust him back into the headlines. Late Thursday night, President Donald Trump posted a one-minute video on his Truth Social account featuring racist animation superimposing Barack and Michelle Obamas faces onto ape bodies, set to The Lion Sleeps Tonight, amid election conspiracy claims, according to ABC News and Le Monde reports from February 6. The clip sparked instant fury across the political spectrum, with Trump claiming he only saw the first part about voter fraud before handing it off to staff, who he said erred in posting it; the White House deleted it by Friday noon after bipartisan backlash.

Republican Senator Tim Scott, the Senates only Black GOP member, blasted it on X as the most racist thing Ive seen out of this White House, praying it was fake and urging removal, per Politico and ABC. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries fired back, calling the Obamas brilliant, compassionate patriots and Trump a vile, unhinged malignant bottom feeder, demanding GOP denouncement. Senators Roger Wicker and Chuck Schumer echoed calls for apology, while NAACP President Derrick Johnson labeled it blatantly racist and despicable, tying it to Trumps distractions from Epstein files and economic woes. PBS NewsHour wrapped it Friday, noting even a 13-time Trump voter called in to C-SPAN apologizing for past support.

The Obamas themselves kept a dignified silence on the video when reached by ABC, offering no direct comment, though late Friday they broke quiet with their first social media post since, wishing Team USA good luck at the Winter Olympics. No public appearances or business moves from Barack surfaced, but WCNY announced February 2 their upcoming documentary premiere February 16, Who Are We: A Conversation with Barack Obama at Hamilton College, airing on PBS, spotlighting his April 2025 talk critiquing threats to democracy under Trump. This Trump video row, reviving birther-era tensions, could etch lasting biographical scars, amplifying Obamas post-presidency role as moral counterweight. Word count: 378

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