US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to repost a video on his Truth Social platform that portrayed former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys.
Speaking to reporters late Friday while travelling on Air Force One, Trump said he did nothing wrong by sharing the video and sees no reason to apologise.
“I didn’t make a mistake,” he said before explaining that he had not watched the entire video before it was posted.
According to him, the opening part focused on claims of voter fraud involving election machines in the 2020 election.
“I didn’t see the whole thing. I looked at the first part, and it was really about voter fraud in the machines, how crooked it is, how disgusting it is.
“Then I gave it to the people. Generally, they look at the whole thing. But I guess somebody didn’t,” he said.
When pressed on whether he condemned the content of the video, Trump responded, “Of course I do.”
The video shared on Thursday, promoted conspiracy claims about the 2020 election and included an offensive, racially charged portrayal of the Obamas.
It stayed on Trump’s account for roughly 12 hours before being taken down Friday morning after criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.
Earlier on Friday, the White House had defended the post in a statement sent to reporters by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Leavitt also dismissed the backlash, urging journalists to focus on issues she said were more important to Americans.
She said, “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King.”
Leavitt added, “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
The video was later deleted from Trump’s Truth Social page.
KanyiDaily recalls that Donald Trump previously claimed he was heaven-sent, and Barack Obama, ‘kicked Jesus out’ of the country.
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