{"id":2566517,"date":"2026-02-06T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-refuses-to-apologize-for-video-depicting-obamas-as-monkeys\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:31:35","slug":"trump-refuses-to-apologize-for-video-depicting-obamas-as-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-refuses-to-apologize-for-video-depicting-obamas-as-monkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump refuses to apologize for video depicting Obamas as monkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-refuses-to-apologize-for-video-depicting-obamas-as-monkeys%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2566517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump refused to apologize for a Truth Social video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as gorillas. He said he hadn\u2019t watched the full clip, insisted he didn\u2019t make a mistake, and argued that it was \u201cfine\u201d at the start. He described the image as \u201csome kind of picture that people don\u2019t like\u201d and claimed he had no message for those offended because he \u201cdidn\u2019t know about it.\u201d He also asserted that black voters have been great to him and that he has been great to them, calling himself the \u201cleast racist president you\u2019ve had in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >post drew bipartisan criticism<\/a>, including from Sen. Tim Scott, who urged removal. The video used artificial intelligence to overlay politicians\u2019 faces onto jungle imagery and was posted by a staffer on Truth Social, remaining online for about 12 hours before being deleted. The White House initially defended the post as a Lion King meme, though Disney\u2019s film does not feature gorillas; a later statement said the post was posted in error and that Trump had not seen it before it was posted.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump refuses to apologize for video depicting Obamas as monkeys: &lsquo;I didn&rsquo;t make a mistake&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2497274\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\"> Donald Trump<\/a> declined to apologize for a video portraying former president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> and his wife, Michelle, as gorillas shared on his Truth Social account Friday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before boarding Air Force One to head to Mar-A-Lago on Friday night, Trump explained that he did not watch the full video that was largely about election technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4449576\/trump-executive-order-quadrupling-beef-imports-argentina\/\">Trump signs executive order quadrupling beef imports from Argentina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4449496\/trump-targets-iran-shadow-fleet-new-sanctions-tehran-oil-network\/\">Trump targets Iran&rsquo;s &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-will-trumps-greenland-obsession-mean-for-the-future-of-nato\/\" title=\"What will ...&#039;s Greenland obsession mean for the future of NATO?\">shadow fleet&#038;rsquo<\/a>; with new sanctions on Tehran oil network&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4449290\/can-trump-stay-focused-on-the-economy\/\">Can Trump stay focused on the economy?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;No, I didn&rsquo;t make a mistake,&rdquo; the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UUf_KtCoMvg\"> president said <\/a>when asked if he planned to apologize after Republicans called for him to do so. &ldquo;I look at thousands of things. I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In recounting the post that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-iran-china-are-using-american-private-investigators-to-spy-on-dissidents\/\" title=\"Report: Iran, China Are Using American Private Investigators to Spy on Dissidents\">garnered widespread criticism<\/a>, he called the clip of the Obamas &ldquo;some kind of a picture that people don&rsquo;t like&rdquo; and said that he &ldquo;wouldn&rsquo;t like it either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that he &ldquo;has no message&rdquo; for Americans who were offended by the video because he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t know about it.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the video being shared hurts his likeness with minority voters, Trump expressed that black voters have been great to him and he has been great to them, arguing that he is the &ldquo;least racist president you&rsquo;ve had in a long time.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody knew that was at the end, if they would have looked they would have seen it, and probably they would have had the sense to take it down,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4448727\/tim-scott-calls-trump-remove-obama-monkey-video-truth-social\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-sen-lindsey-graham\/\" title=\"Sen. Lindsey Graham ... arrest warrant in Russia.\">video sparked criticism<\/a><\/a> from Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who called for the president to remove the post and called it &ldquo;the most racist thing I&rsquo;ve seen out of this White House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that he spoke to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-scott\/\">Tim Scott<\/a> about the video, including that he had not watched all the way through, and said Scott &ldquo;understood that 100%.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4448727\/tim-scott-calls-trump-remove-obama-monkey-video-truth-social\/\"><strong>TRUMP TAKES DOWN VIDEO DEPICTING OBAMAS AS MONKEYS AFTER SWIFT BIPARTISAN CRITICISM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House said Friday that a staffer &ldquo;erroneously&rdquo; posted the video overnight. It was up for about 12 hours before being deleted. A source close to the president told the Washington Examiner that the president &ldquo;had not seen that video before it was posted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The clip of the Obamas was from a video created with artificial intelligence that overlaid politicians&rsquo; faces over jungle and safari animals. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at first defended the post, saying the video was a clip from a meme of <em>The Lion King<\/em>. However, the Disney movie does not feature gorillas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump won&#8217;t apologize for Obama gorilla video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2566518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24209737658747.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,5315,5894,50526,3634],"class_list":["post-2566517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-obama","tag-politics","tag-racism-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24209737658747.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2566521,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566517\/revisions\/2566521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2566518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}